netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net] net: enetc: survive memory pressure without crashing

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Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2022 18:40:17 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
        kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, claudiu.manoil@....com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net] net: enetc: survive memory pressure without crashing

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 21:29:25 +0300 you wrote:
> Under memory pressure, enetc_refill_rx_ring() may fail, and when called
> during the enetc_open() -> enetc_setup_rxbdr() procedure, this is not
> checked for.
> 
> An extreme case of memory pressure will result in exactly zero buffers
> being allocated for the RX ring, and in such a case it is expected that
> hardware drops all RX packets due to lack of buffers.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v3,net] net: enetc: survive memory pressure without crashing
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/84ce1ca3fe9e

You are awesome, thank you!
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