netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 00/14] mlx4: order-0 allocations and page recycling

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Date:   Fri, 17 Feb 2017 11:00:59 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, tariqt@...lanox.com, kafai@...com,
        saeedm@...lanox.com, willemb@...gle.com, brouer@...hat.com,
        bblanco@...mgrid.com, ast@...nel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 00/14] mlx4: order-0 allocations and page
 recycling

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:58:44 -0800

> As mentioned half a year ago, we better switch mlx4 driver to order-0
> allocations and page recycling.
> 
> This reduces vulnerability surface thanks to better skb->truesize
> tracking and provides better performance in most cases.
> 
> v2 provides an ethtool -S new counter (rx_alloc_pages) and
> code factorization, plus Tariq fix.
> 
> v3 includes various fixes based on Tariq tests and feedback
> from Saeed and Tariq.
> 
> Worth noting this patch series deletes ~250 lines of code ;)

I think this should get queued up for net-next soon, but I marked the
series as "deferred" in patchwork while the discussion continues.