Merge branch 'net-netpoll-improve-skb-pool-management'
authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:25:39 +0000 (16:25 -0800)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 00:25:40 +0000 (16:25 -0800)
commitbf3c76b4c46a532c78e2b26e0dfde1f58231261f
tree34a990262e956e5aabfeee929fb8ebec9df28689
parent11ee317d883ef111b8c36228437eaffea7b49bbc
parent6c59f16f1770481a6ee684720ec55b1e38b3a4b2
Merge branch 'net-netpoll-improve-skb-pool-management'

Breno Leitao says:

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net: netpoll: Improve SKB pool management

The netpoll subsystem pre-allocates 32 SKBs in a pool for emergency use
during out-of-memory conditions. However, the current implementation has
several inefficiencies:

 * The SKB pool, once allocated, is never freed:
 * Resources remain allocated even after netpoll users are removed
 * Failed initialization can leave pool populated forever
 * The global pool design makes resource tracking difficult

This series addresses these issues through three patches:

Patch 1 ("net: netpoll: Individualize the skb pool"):
 - Replace global pool with per-user pools in netpoll struct

Patch 2 ("net: netpoll: flush skb pool during cleanup"):
- Properly free pool resources during netconsole cleanup

These changes improve resource management and make the code more
maintainable.  As a side benefit, the improved structure would allow
netpoll to be modularized if desired in the future.

v2: https://lore.kernel.org/20241107-skb_buffers_v2-v2-0-288c6264ba4f@debian.org
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/20241025142025.3558051-1-leitao@debian.org
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Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241114-skb_buffers_v2-v3-0-9be9f52a8b69@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>