netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: remove gfp_mask from napi_alloc

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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 01:50:29 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: remove gfp_mask from napi_alloc_skb()

Hello:

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

On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:02:12 -0700 you wrote:
> __napi_alloc_skb() is napi_alloc_skb() with the added flexibility
> of choosing gfp_mask. This is a NAPI function, so GFP_ATOMIC is
> implied. The only practical choice the caller has is whether to
> set __GFP_NOWARN. But that's a false choice, too, allocation failures
> in atomic context will happen, and printing warnings in logs,
> effectively for a packet drop, is both too much and very likely
> non-actionable.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v2] net: remove gfp_mask from napi_alloc_skb()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/6e9b01909a81

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