Re: [PATCH iwl-next v5 0/5] ice: add support for devmem/io_uring Rx and Tx

[Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>]

From: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2026 17:29:18 +0200

> Now that ice uses libeth for managing Rx buffers and supports
> configurable header split, it's ready to get support for sending
> and receiving packets with unreadable (to the kernel) frags.
> 
> Extend libeth just a little bit to allow creating PPs with custom
> memory providers and make sure ice works correctly with the netdev
> ops locking. Then add the full set of queue_mgmt_ops and don't
> unmap unreadable frags on Tx completion.
> No perf regressions for the regular flows and no code duplication
> implied.
> 
> Credits to the fbnic developers, whose code helped me understand
> the memory providers and queue_mgmt_ops logics and served as
> a reference.

Hi,

A week ago .ndo_set_rx_mode_async() was introduced.
I didn't know that it's mandatory to switch to it when converting to
netdev_ops lock.
So I guess I'll need a new respin :c

Thanks,
Olek