netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 1/4] net: add SK_WMEM_ALLOC

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Message-ID: <CADVnQykbzjQB7UXB_darDb-=BC8NpNnLdFepNCoV8Lx_fHXeQQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 10:25:14 -0400
From: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
	Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@...gle.com>, Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 1/4] net: add SK_WMEM_ALLOC_BIAS constant

On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> sk->sk_wmem_alloc is initialized to 1, and sk_wmem_alloc_get()
> takes care of this initial value.
>
> Add SK_WMEM_ALLOC_BIAS define to not spread this magic value.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Neal Cardwell <ncardwell@...gle.com>

Nice! Thanks!

neal