linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net: ena: Do not waste napi skb cache

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Message-ID: <20220126075220.3d60981f@kicinski-fedora-PC1C0HJN.hsd1.ca.comcast.net>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jan 2022 07:52:20 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>
Cc:     jwiedmann.dev@...il.com, Shay Agroskin <shayagr@...zon.com>,
        Arthur Kiyanovski <akiyano@...zon.com>,
        David Arinzon <darinzon@...zon.com>,
        Noam Dagan <ndagan@...zon.com>,
        Saeed Bishara <saeedb@...zon.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Sameeh Jubran <sameehj@...zon.com>,
        Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>,
        Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: ena: Do not waste napi skb cache

On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:16:41 +0000 Hyeonggon Yoo wrote:
> By profiling, discovered that ena device driver allocates skb by
> build_skb() and frees by napi_skb_cache_put(). Because the driver
> does not use napi skb cache in allocation path, napi skb cache is
> periodically filled and flushed. This is waste of napi skb cache.
> 
> As ena_alloc_skb() is called only in napi, Use napi_build_skb()
> and napi_alloc_skb() when allocating skb.
> 
> This patch was tested on aws a1.metal instance.
> 
> [ jwiedmann.dev@...il.com: Use napi_alloc_skb() instead of
>   netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() to keep things consistent. ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@...il.com>

It seems you missed CCing netdev@, you'll need to repost.
You can keep the ack from Shay.