linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/2] allocate multiple skbuffs on tx

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Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:10:19 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Arseniy Krasnov <AVKrasnov@...rdevices.ru>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/2] allocate multiple skbuffs on tx

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Sun, 26 Mar 2023 01:02:43 +0300 you wrote:
> This adds small optimization for tx path: instead of allocating single
> skbuff on every call to transport, allocate multiple skbuff's until
> credit space allows, thus trying to send as much as possible data without
> return to af_vsock.c.
> 
> Also this patchset includes second patch which adds check and return from
> 'virtio_transport_get_credit()' and 'virtio_transport_put_credit()' when
> these functions are called with 0 argument. This is needed, because zero
> argument makes both functions to behave as no-effect, but both of them
> always tries to acquire spinlock. Moreover, first patch always calls
> function 'virtio_transport_put_credit()' with zero argument in case of
> successful packet transmission.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v5,1/2] virtio/vsock: allocate multiple skbuffs on tx
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/b68ffb1b3bee
  - [net-next,v5,2/2] virtio/vsock: check argument to avoid no effect call
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/e3ec366eb0d1

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