netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] netpoll: Optimize skb refilling on critical path

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Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 04:00:46 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] netpoll: Optimize skb refilling on critical path

Hello:

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

On Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:50:41 -0800 you wrote:
> netpoll tries to refill the skb queue on every packet send, independently
> if packets are being consumed from the pool or not. This was
> particularly problematic while being called from printk(), where the
> operation would be done while holding the console lock.
> 
> Introduce a more intelligent approach to skb queue management. Instead
> of constantly attempting to refill the queue, the system now defers
> refilling to a work queue and only triggers the workqueue when a buffer
> is actually dequeued. This change significantly reduces operations with
> the lock held.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] netpoll: Optimize skb refilling on critical path
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/248f6571fd4c

You are awesome, thank you!
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