netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/1] ixgbevf: Require large buffers for build

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Date:   Fri, 04 Feb 2022 10:50:09 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, samjonas@...zon.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, konrad0.jankowski@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] ixgbevf: Require large buffers for build_skb on
 82599VF

Hello:

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

On Thu,  3 Feb 2022 14:49:16 -0800 you wrote:
> From: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <samjonas@...zon.com>
> 
> From 4.17 onwards the ixgbevf driver uses build_skb() to build an skb
> around new data in the page buffer shared with the ixgbe PF.
> This uses either a 2K or 3K buffer, and offsets the DMA mapping by
> NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN. When using a smaller buffer RXDCTL is set to
> ensure the PF does not write a full 2K bytes into the buffer, which is
> actually 2K minus the offset.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,1/1] ixgbevf: Require large buffers for build_skb on 82599VF
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/fe68195daf34

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