netdev - Re: [net PATCH] octeontx2-af: Always configure NIX TX link credits based on max frame size

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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2024 10:40:24 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Naveen Mamindlapalli <naveenm@...vell.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 sgoutham@...vell.com, ndabilpuram@...vell.com
Subject: Re: [net PATCH] octeontx2-af: Always configure NIX TX link credits based
 on max frame size

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 15:26:43 +0530 you wrote:
> Currently the NIX TX link credits are initialized based on the max frame
> size that can be transmitted on a link but when the MTU is changed, the
> NIX TX link credits are reprogrammed by the SW based on the new MTU value.
> Since SMQ max packet length is programmed to max frame size by default,
> there is a chance that NIX TX may stall while sending a max frame sized
> packet on the link with insufficient credits to send the packet all at
> once. This patch avoids stall issue by not changing the link credits
> dynamically when the MTU is changed.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] octeontx2-af: Always configure NIX TX link credits based on max frame size
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/a0d9528f6daf

You are awesome, thank you!
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