netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: avoid 32 x truesize under-estimation for tiny skbs

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jan 2021 19:00:11 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        edumazet@...gle.com, alexanderduyck@...com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        mst@...hat.com, gthelen@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: avoid 32 x truesize under-estimation for tiny skbs

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (refs/heads/master):

On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:18:19 -0800 you wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Both virtio net and napi_get_frags() allocate skbs
> with a very small skb->head
> 
> While using page fragments instead of a kmalloc backed skb->head might give
> a small performance improvement in some cases, there is a huge risk of
> under estimating memory usage.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: avoid 32 x truesize under-estimation for tiny skbs
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/3226b158e67c

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