netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4] ppp: enable TX scatter-gather

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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2026 09:20:05 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Qingfang Deng <dqfext@...il.com>
Cc: andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, toke@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4] ppp: enable TX scatter-gather

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:29:02 +0800 you wrote:
> PPP channels using chan->direct_xmit prepend the PPP header to a skb and
> call dev_queue_xmit() directly. In this mode the skb does not need to be
> linear, but the PPP netdevice currently does not advertise
> scatter-gather features, causing unnecessary linearization and
> preventing GSO.
> 
> Enable NETIF_F_SG and NETIF_F_FRAGLIST on PPP devices. In case a linear
> buffer is required (PPP compression, multilink, and channels without
> direct_xmit), call skb_linearize() explicitly.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v4] ppp: enable TX scatter-gather
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/42fcb213e58a

You are awesome, thank you!
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