netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3 1/3] net: datagram: introduce datagram_poll

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Message-ID: <7333eeaf-e28a-45c3-802e-bde9717c8b0d@openvpn.net>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 20:56:31 +0200
From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...nvpn.net>
To: Ralf Lici <ralf@...delbit.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
 Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>,
 Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3 1/3] net: datagram: introduce datagram_poll_queue
 for custom receive queues

On 21/10/2025 12:09, Ralf Lici wrote:
> Some protocols using TCP encapsulation (e.g., espintcp, openvpn) deliver
> userspace-bound packets through a custom skb queue rather than the
> standard sk_receive_queue.
> 
> Introduce datagram_poll_queue that accepts an explicit receive queue,
> and convert datagram_poll into a wrapper around datagram_poll_queue.
> This allows protocols with custom skb queues to reuse the core polling
> logic without relying on sk_receive_queue.
> 
> Cc: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
> Cc: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...nvpn.net>
> Signed-off-by: Ralf Lici <ralf@...delbit.com>

Reviewed-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...nvpn.net>

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Antonio Quartulli
OpenVPN Inc.