netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: drv-net: Limit the max number of queues in procfs_downup

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Message-Id: 
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Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:10:05 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Dimitri Daskalakis <dimitri.daskalakis1@...il.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, shuah@...nel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] selftests: drv-net: Limit the max number of
 queues
 in procfs_downup_hammer

Hello:

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

On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:53:19 -0800 you wrote:
> For NICs with a large (1024+) number of queues, this test can cause
> excessive memory fragmentation. This results in OOM errors, and in the
> worst case driver/kernel crashes. We don't need to test with the max number
> of queues, just enough to create a high likelihood of races between
> reconfiguration and stats getting read.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dimitri Daskalakis <dimitri.daskalakis1@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] selftests: drv-net: Limit the max number of queues in procfs_downup_hammer
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/f766f8cdde01

You are awesome, thank you!
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