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From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	 "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,  Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
	 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
	 Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev, kernel-team@meta.com,
	efault@gmx.de,  calvin@wbinvd.org,
	Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] netpoll: Move find_skb() to netconsole and make it static
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 07:36:28 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250902-netpoll_untangle_v3-v1-6-51a03d6411be@debian.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250902-netpoll_untangle_v3-v1-0-51a03d6411be@debian.org>

Complete the SKB pool management refactoring by moving find_skb() from
netpoll core to netconsole driver, making it a static function.

This is the final step in removing SKB pool management from the generic
netpoll infrastructure. With this change:

1. Netpoll core is now purely transmission-focused: Contains only
   the essential netpoll_send_skb() function for low-level packet
   transmission, with no knowledge of SKB allocation or pool management.

2. Complete encapsulation in netconsole: All SKB lifecycle
   management (allocation, pool handling, packet construction) is now
   contained within the netconsole driver where it belongs.

3. Cleaner API surface: Removes the last SKB management export from
   netpoll, leaving only zap_completion_queue() as a utility function
   and netpoll_send_skb() for transmission.

4. Better maintainability: Changes to SKB allocation strategies or
   pool management can now be made entirely within netconsole without
   affecting the core netpoll infrastructure.

The find_skb() function is made static since it's now only used within
netconsole.c for its internal SKB allocation needs.

This completes the architectural cleanup that separates generic netpoll
transmission capabilities from console-specific resource management.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
 drivers/net/netconsole.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/netpoll.h  |  1 -
 net/core/netpoll.c       | 28 ----------------------------
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 3fe55db07cfe5..bf7bab7a9c2f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -1655,6 +1655,33 @@ static void push_eth(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		eth->h_proto = htons(ETH_P_IP);
 }
 
+static struct sk_buff *find_skb(struct netpoll *np, int len, int reserve)
+{
+	int count = 0;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	zap_completion_queue();
+repeat:
+
+	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!skb) {
+		skb = skb_dequeue(&np->skb_pool);
+		schedule_work(&np->refill_wq);
+	}
+
+	if (!skb) {
+		if (++count < 10) {
+			netpoll_poll_dev(np->dev);
+			goto repeat;
+		}
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	refcount_set(&skb->users, 1);
+	skb_reserve(skb, reserve);
+	return skb;
+}
+
 static struct sk_buff *netpoll_prepare_skb(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg,
 					   int len)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index 7f8b4d758a1e7..f89bc9fb1f773 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np);
 void __netpoll_free(struct netpoll *np);
 void do_netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np);
 netdev_tx_t netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb);
-struct sk_buff *find_skb(struct netpoll *np, int len, int reserve);
 void zap_completion_queue(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 94c75f39787bb..5aa83c9c09e05 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -235,34 +235,6 @@ void zap_completion_queue(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(zap_completion_queue);
 
-struct sk_buff *find_skb(struct netpoll *np, int len, int reserve)
-{
-	int count = 0;
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
-
-	zap_completion_queue();
-repeat:
-
-	skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!skb) {
-		skb = skb_dequeue(&np->skb_pool);
-		schedule_work(&np->refill_wq);
-	}
-
-	if (!skb) {
-		if (++count < 10) {
-			netpoll_poll_dev(np->dev);
-			goto repeat;
-		}
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	refcount_set(&skb->users, 1);
-	skb_reserve(skb, reserve);
-	return skb;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(find_skb);
-
 static int netpoll_owner_active(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct napi_struct *napi;

-- 
2.47.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-09-02 14:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-09-02 14:36 [PATCH 0/7] netpoll: Untangle netpoll and netconsole Breno Leitao
2025-09-02 14:36 ` [PATCH 1/7] netconsole: Split UDP message building and sending operations Breno Leitao
2025-09-02 22:41   ` Willem de Bruijn
2025-09-02 14:36 ` [PATCH 2/7] netpoll: move prepare skb functions to netconsole Breno Leitao
2025-09-02 22:44   ` Willem de Bruijn
2025-09-02 14:36 ` [PATCH 3/7] netpoll: Move netpoll_cleanup implementation " Breno Leitao
2025-09-02 22:49   ` Willem de Bruijn
2025-09-03 16:44     ` Breno Leitao
2025-09-03 17:13       ` Willem de Bruijn
2025-09-02 14:36 ` [PATCH 4/7] netpoll: Export zap_completion_queue Breno Leitao
2025-09-02 22:50   ` Willem de Bruijn
2025-09-03 16:51     ` Breno Leitao
2025-09-03 17:16       ` Willem de Bruijn
2025-09-02 14:36 ` [PATCH 5/7] netpoll: Move SKBs pool to netconsole side Breno Leitao
2025-09-02 22:56   ` Willem de Bruijn
2025-09-02 14:36 ` Breno Leitao [this message]
2025-09-02 23:07   ` [PATCH 6/7] netpoll: Move find_skb() to netconsole and make it static Willem de Bruijn
2025-09-02 14:36 ` [PATCH 7/7] netpoll: Flush skb_pool as part of netconsole cleanup Breno Leitao
2025-09-02 23:09   ` Willem de Bruijn
2025-09-03  0:09   ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-09-03 16:55     ` Breno Leitao
2025-09-02 15:23 ` [PATCH 0/7] netpoll: Untangle netpoll and netconsole Breno Leitao

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