From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: "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>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, asantostc@gmail.com, gustavold@gmail.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 6/8] netconsole: move skb_pool / refill_wq from struct netpoll to netconsole_target
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:19:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260702-netconsole_move_more-v2-6-1ebedd921dcb@debian.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260702-netconsole_move_more-v2-0-1ebedd921dcb@debian.org>
These two fields back the fallback skb pool that find_skb() uses.
Every helper that touches them lives in netconsole now (refill_skbs,
refill_skbs_work_handler, netconsole_skb_pool_init,
netconsole_skb_pool_flush, find_skb, netcons_skb_pop), so the data
can move alongside its only consumer.
Add skb_pool and refill_wq to struct netconsole_target, drop them
from struct netpoll.
This will save 48-bytes for every netpoll user instance (except
netconsole that will have it in netconsole target struct).
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
drivers/net/netconsole.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
include/linux/netpoll.h | 2 --
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 3e1b8ece7032e..bfa5fdac9600b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ enum target_state {
* remote_mac (read-write)
* @buf: The buffer used to send the full msg to the network stack
* @resume_wq: Workqueue to resume deactivated target
+ * @skb_pool: Per-target fallback skb pool consulted by find_skb() when
+ * its GFP_ATOMIC allocation fails. Lifetime brackets a
+ * successful netpoll_setup() / netpoll_cleanup() pair on @np.
+ * @refill_wq: Work item that asynchronously tops @skb_pool back up to
+ * MAX_SKBS after find_skb() drains an entry.
*/
struct netconsole_target {
struct list_head list;
@@ -208,6 +213,8 @@ struct netconsole_target {
*/
char buf[MAX_PRINT_CHUNK + 1];
struct work_struct resume_wq;
+ struct sk_buff_head skb_pool;
+ struct work_struct refill_wq;
};
#ifdef CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC
@@ -305,13 +312,11 @@ static void netcons_release_dev(struct netconsole_target *nt)
memset(&nt->np.dev_name, 0, IFNAMSIZ);
}
-static void refill_skbs(struct netpoll *np)
+static void refill_skbs(struct netconsole_target *nt)
{
- struct sk_buff_head *skb_pool;
+ struct sk_buff_head *skb_pool = &nt->skb_pool;
struct sk_buff *skb;
- skb_pool = &np->skb_pool;
-
while (READ_ONCE(skb_pool->qlen) < MAX_SKBS) {
skb = alloc_skb(MAX_SKB_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
if (!skb)
@@ -323,10 +328,10 @@ static void refill_skbs(struct netpoll *np)
static void refill_skbs_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
{
- struct netpoll *np =
- container_of(work, struct netpoll, refill_wq);
+ struct netconsole_target *nt =
+ container_of(work, struct netconsole_target, refill_wq);
- refill_skbs(np);
+ refill_skbs(nt);
}
/* Initialise the per-target skb pool that find_skb() falls back to and
@@ -335,17 +340,15 @@ static void refill_skbs_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
*/
static void netconsole_skb_pool_init(struct netconsole_target *nt)
{
- skb_queue_head_init(&nt->np.skb_pool);
- INIT_WORK(&nt->np.refill_wq, refill_skbs_work_handler);
- refill_skbs(&nt->np);
+ skb_queue_head_init(&nt->skb_pool);
+ INIT_WORK(&nt->refill_wq, refill_skbs_work_handler);
+ refill_skbs(nt);
}
static void netconsole_skb_pool_flush(struct netconsole_target *nt)
{
- struct netpoll *np = &nt->np;
-
- cancel_work_sync(&np->refill_wq);
- skb_queue_purge_reason(&np->skb_pool, SKB_CONSUMED);
+ cancel_work_sync(&nt->refill_wq);
+ skb_queue_purge_reason(&nt->skb_pool, SKB_CONSUMED);
}
/* Attempts to resume logging to a deactivated target. */
@@ -1784,7 +1787,7 @@ static struct notifier_block netconsole_netdev_notifier = {
* pool locks and is therefore not NMI-safe. Skip the refill when called
* from NMI context; the next non-NMI caller will top the pool back up.
*/
-static struct sk_buff *netcons_skb_pop(struct netpoll *np, int len)
+static struct sk_buff *netcons_skb_pop(struct netconsole_target *nt, int len)
{
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -1796,19 +1799,21 @@ static struct sk_buff *netcons_skb_pop(struct netpoll *np, int len)
if (!in_nmi())
net_warn_ratelimited("netconsole: dropping message, requested skb len %d exceeds pool buffer size %zu on %s\n",
len, (size_t)MAX_SKB_SIZE,
- np->dev->name);
+ nt->np.dev->name);
return NULL;
}
- skb = skb_dequeue(&np->skb_pool);
+ skb = skb_dequeue(&nt->skb_pool);
if (!in_nmi())
- schedule_work(&np->refill_wq);
+ schedule_work(&nt->refill_wq);
return skb;
}
-static struct sk_buff *find_skb(struct netpoll *np, int len, int reserve)
+static struct sk_buff *find_skb(struct netconsole_target *nt, int len,
+ int reserve)
{
+ struct netpoll *np = &nt->np;
int count = 0;
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -1817,7 +1822,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *find_skb(struct netpoll *np, int len, int reserve)
skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
if (!skb)
- skb = netcons_skb_pop(np, len);
+ skb = netcons_skb_pop(nt, len);
if (!skb) {
if (++count < 10) {
@@ -1939,8 +1944,10 @@ static void push_ipv6(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb, int len)
skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
}
-static int netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len)
+static int netpoll_send_udp(struct netconsole_target *nt, const char *msg,
+ int len)
{
+ struct netpoll *np = &nt->np;
int total_len, ip_len, udp_len;
struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -1955,7 +1962,7 @@ static int netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len)
total_len = ip_len + LL_RESERVED_SPACE(np->dev);
- skb = find_skb(np, total_len + np->dev->needed_tailroom,
+ skb = find_skb(nt, total_len + np->dev->needed_tailroom,
total_len - len);
if (!skb)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1986,7 +1993,7 @@ static int netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len)
*/
static void send_udp(struct netconsole_target *nt, const char *msg, int len)
{
- int result = netpoll_send_udp(&nt->np, msg, len);
+ int result = netpoll_send_udp(nt, msg, len);
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NETCONSOLE_DYNAMIC)) {
if (result == NET_XMIT_DROP) {
diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index 1216b5c237ce4..f377fdf7839ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ struct netpoll {
bool ipv6;
u16 local_port, remote_port;
u8 remote_mac[ETH_ALEN];
- struct sk_buff_head skb_pool;
- struct work_struct refill_wq;
};
#define np_info(np, fmt, ...) \
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-02 12:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-02 12:19 [PATCH net-next v2 0/8] netconsole: stop charging netpoll users for netconsole-only data Breno Leitao
2026-07-02 12:19 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/8] netpoll: export refill_skbs(), refill_skbs_work_handler(), skb_pool_flush() Breno Leitao
2026-07-02 12:19 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/8] netconsole: take over skb pool lifecycle from netpoll Breno Leitao
2026-07-02 12:19 ` [PATCH net-next v2 3/8] netconsole: move refill_skbs_work_handler() " Breno Leitao
2026-07-02 12:19 ` [PATCH net-next v2 4/8] netconsole: move refill_skbs() and skb-pool sizing macros " Breno Leitao
2026-07-02 12:19 ` [PATCH net-next v2 5/8] netconsole: move skb_pool_flush() " Breno Leitao
2026-07-02 12:19 ` Breno Leitao [this message]
2026-07-02 12:19 ` [PATCH net-next v2 7/8] netconsole: move local_port / remote_port from struct netpoll to netconsole_target Breno Leitao
2026-07-02 12:19 ` [PATCH net-next v2 8/8] netconsole: move remote_mac " Breno Leitao
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