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From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
	 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: Re: [PATCH 6/7] netpoll: Move find_skb() to netconsole and make it static
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:07:26 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <willemdebruijn.kernel.7e2624ba7462@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250902-netpoll_untangle_v3-v1-6-51a03d6411be@debian.org>

Breno Leitao wrote:
> 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>

Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>

  reply	other threads:[~2025-09-02 23:07 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 ` [PATCH 6/7] netpoll: Move find_skb() to netconsole and make it static Breno Leitao
2025-09-02 23:07   ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
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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