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<title>linux.git/include/linux/skbuff.h, branch v7.1-rc3</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/'/>
<entry>
<title>net: tso: Introduce tso_dma_map and helpers</title>
<updated>2026-04-12T17:54:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joe Damato</name>
<email>joe@dama.to</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-08T23:05:50+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=82db77f6fb16d23ea60d0f96dcf2b502a322a28f'/>
<id>82db77f6fb16d23ea60d0f96dcf2b502a322a28f</id>
<content type='text'>
Add struct tso_dma_map to tso.h for tracking DMA addresses of mapped
GSO payload data and tso_dma_map_completion_state.

The tso_dma_map combines DMA mapping storage with iterator state, allowing
drivers to walk pre-mapped DMA regions linearly. Includes fields for
the DMA IOVA path (iova_state, iova_offset, total_len) and a fallback
per-region path (linear_dma, frags[], frag_idx, offset).

The tso_dma_map_completion_state makes the IOVA completion state opaque
for drivers. Drivers are expected to allocate this and use the added
helpers to update the completion state.

Adds skb_frag_phys() to skbuff.h, returning the physical address
of a paged fragment's data, which is used by the tso_dma_map helpers
introduced in this commit described below.

The added TSO DMA map helpers are:

tso_dma_map_init(): DMA-maps the linear payload region and all frags
upfront. Prefers the DMA IOVA API for a single contiguous mapping with
one IOTLB sync; falls back to per-region dma_map_phys() otherwise.
Returns 0 on success, cleans up partial mappings on failure.

tso_dma_map_cleanup(): Handles both IOVA and fallback teardown paths.

tso_dma_map_count(): counts how many descriptors the next N bytes of
payload will need. Returns 1 if IOVA is used since the mapping is
contiguous.

tso_dma_map_next(): yields the next (dma_addr, chunk_len) pair.
On the IOVA path, each segment is a single contiguous chunk. On the
fallback path, indicates when a chunk starts a new DMA mapping so the
driver can set dma_unmap_len on that descriptor for completion-time
unmapping.

tso_dma_map_completion_save(): updates the completion state. Drivers
will call this at xmit time.

tso_dma_map_complete(): tears down the mapping at completion time and
returns true if the IOVA path was used. If it was not used, this is a
no-op and returns false.

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joe Damato &lt;joe@dama.to&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260408230607.2019402-2-joe@dama.to
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Add struct tso_dma_map to tso.h for tracking DMA addresses of mapped
GSO payload data and tso_dma_map_completion_state.

The tso_dma_map combines DMA mapping storage with iterator state, allowing
drivers to walk pre-mapped DMA regions linearly. Includes fields for
the DMA IOVA path (iova_state, iova_offset, total_len) and a fallback
per-region path (linear_dma, frags[], frag_idx, offset).

The tso_dma_map_completion_state makes the IOVA completion state opaque
for drivers. Drivers are expected to allocate this and use the added
helpers to update the completion state.

Adds skb_frag_phys() to skbuff.h, returning the physical address
of a paged fragment's data, which is used by the tso_dma_map helpers
introduced in this commit described below.

The added TSO DMA map helpers are:

tso_dma_map_init(): DMA-maps the linear payload region and all frags
upfront. Prefers the DMA IOVA API for a single contiguous mapping with
one IOTLB sync; falls back to per-region dma_map_phys() otherwise.
Returns 0 on success, cleans up partial mappings on failure.

tso_dma_map_cleanup(): Handles both IOVA and fallback teardown paths.

tso_dma_map_count(): counts how many descriptors the next N bytes of
payload will need. Returns 1 if IOVA is used since the mapping is
contiguous.

tso_dma_map_next(): yields the next (dma_addr, chunk_len) pair.
On the IOVA path, each segment is a single contiguous chunk. On the
fallback path, indicates when a chunk starts a new DMA mapping so the
driver can set dma_unmap_len on that descriptor for completion-time
unmapping.

tso_dma_map_completion_save(): updates the completion state. Drivers
will call this at xmit time.

tso_dma_map_complete(): tears down the mapping at completion time and
returns true if the IOVA path was used. If it was not used, this is a
no-op and returns false.

Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joe Damato &lt;joe@dama.to&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260408230607.2019402-2-joe@dama.to
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: always inline some skb helpers</title>
<updated>2026-04-03T21:36:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-02T15:26:54+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=a9b460225e47a3d98296eba71c62ff0ad58a2032'/>
<id>a9b460225e47a3d98296eba71c62ff0ad58a2032</id>
<content type='text'>
Some performance critical helpers from include/linux/skbuff.h
are not inlined by clang.

Use __always_inline hint for:

 - __skb_fill_netmem_desc()
 - __skb_fill_page_desc()
 - skb_fill_netmem_desc()
 - skb_fill_page_desc()
 - __skb_pull()
 - pskb_may_pull_reason()
 - pskb_may_pull()
 - pskb_pull()
 - pskb_trim()
 - skb_orphan()
 - skb_postpull_rcsum()
 - skb_header_pointer()
 - skb_clear_delivery_time()
 - skb_tstamp_cond()
 - skb_warn_if_lro()

This increases performance and saves ~1200 bytes of text.

$ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.old vmlinux.new
add/remove: 4/24 grow/shrink: 66/12 up/down: 4104/-5306 (-1202)
Function                                     old     new   delta
ip_multipath_l3_keys                           -     303    +303
tcp_sendmsg_locked                          4560    4848    +288
xfrm_input                                  6240    6455    +215
esp_output_head                             1516    1711    +195
skb_try_coalesce                             696     866    +170
bpf_prog_test_run_skb                       1951    2091    +140
tls_strp_read_copy                           528     667    +139
gue_udp_recv                                 738     871    +133
__ip6_append_data                           4159    4279    +120
__bond_xmit_hash                            1019    1122    +103
ip6_multipath_l3_keys                        394     495    +101
bpf_lwt_seg6_action                         1096    1197    +101
input_action_end_dx2                         344     442     +98
vxlan_remcsum                                487     581     +94
udpv6_queue_rcv_skb                          393     480     +87
udp_queue_rcv_skb                            385     471     +86
gue_remcsum                                  453     539     +86
udp_lib_checksum_complete                     84     168     +84
vxlan_xmit                                  2777    2857     +80
nf_reset_ct                                  456     532     +76
igmp_rcv                                    1902    1978     +76
mpls_forward                                1097    1169     +72
tcp_add_backlog                             1226    1292     +66
nfulnl_log_packet                           3091    3156     +65
tcp_rcv_established                         1966    2026     +60
__strp_recv                                 1547    1603     +56
eth_type_trans                               357     411     +54
bond_flow_ip                                 392     444     +52
__icmp_send                                 1584    1630     +46
ip_defrag                                   1636    1681     +45
tpacket_rcv                                 2793    2837     +44
refcount_add                                 132     176     +44
nf_ct_frag6_gather                          1959    2003     +44
napi_skb_free_stolen_head                    199     240     +41
__pskb_trim                                    -      41     +41
napi_reuse_skb                               319     358     +39
icmpv6_rcv                                  1877    1916     +39
br_handle_frame_finish                      1672    1711     +39
ip_rcv_core                                  841     879     +38
ip_check_defrag                              377     415     +38
br_stp_rcv                                   909     947     +38
qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init                      366     399     +33
mld_query_work                              2945    2975     +30
bpf_sk_assign_tcp_reqsk                      607     637     +30
udp_gro_receive                             1657    1686     +29
ip6_rcv_core                                1170    1193     +23
ah_input                                    1176    1197     +21
tun_get_user                                5174    5194     +20
llc_rcv                                      815     834     +19
__pfx_udp_lib_checksum_complete               16      32     +16
__pfx_refcount_add                            48      64     +16
__pfx_nf_reset_ct                             96     112     +16
__pfx_ip_multipath_l3_keys                     -      16     +16
__pfx___pskb_trim                              -      16     +16
packet_sendmsg                              5771    5781     +10
esp_output_tail                             1460    1470     +10
alloc_skb_with_frags                         433     443     +10
xsk_generic_xmit                            3477    3486      +9
mptcp_sendmsg_frag                          2250    2259      +9
__ip_append_data                            4166    4175      +9
__ip6_tnl_rcv                               1159    1168      +9
skb_zerocopy                                1215    1220      +5
gre_parse_header                            1358    1362      +4
__iptunnel_pull_header                       405     407      +2
skb_vlan_untag                               692     693      +1
psp_dev_rcv                                  701     702      +1
netkit_xmit                                 1263    1264      +1
gre_rcv                                     2776    2777      +1
gre_gso_segment                             1521    1522      +1
bpf_skb_net_hdr_pop                          535     536      +1
udp6_ufo_fragment                            888     884      -4
br_multicast_rcv                            9154    9148      -6
snap_rcv                                     312     305      -7
skb_copy_ubufs                              1841    1834      -7
__pfx_skb_tstamp_cond                         16       -     -16
__pfx_skb_clear_delivery_time                 16       -     -16
__pfx_pskb_trim                               16       -     -16
__pfx_pskb_pull                               16       -     -16
ipv6_gso_segment                            1400    1383     -17
ipv6_frag_rcv                               2511    2492     -19
erspan_xmit                                 1221    1190     -31
__pfx_skb_warn_if_lro                         32       -     -32
__pfx___skb_fill_page_desc                    32       -     -32
skb_tstamp_cond                               42       -     -42
pskb_trim                                     46       -     -46
__pfx_skb_postpull_rcsum                      48       -     -48
tcp_gso_segment                             1524    1475     -49
skb_clear_delivery_time                       54       -     -54
__pfx_skb_fill_page_desc                      64       -     -64
__pfx_skb_header_pointer                      80       -     -80
pskb_pull                                     91       -     -91
skb_warn_if_lro                              110       -    -110
tcp_v6_rcv                                  3288    3170    -118
__pfx___skb_pull                             128       -    -128
__pfx_skb_orphan                             144       -    -144
__pfx_pskb_may_pull                          160       -    -160
tcp_v4_rcv                                  3334    3153    -181
__skb_fill_page_desc                         231       -    -231
udp_rcv                                     1809    1553    -256
skb_postpull_rcsum                           318       -    -318
skb_header_pointer                           367       -    -367
fib_multipath_hash                          3399    3018    -381
skb_orphan                                   513       -    -513
skb_fill_page_desc                           534       -    -534
__skb_pull                                   568       -    -568
pskb_may_pull                                604       -    -604
Total: Before=29652698, After=29651496, chg -0.00%

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;horms@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402152654.1720627-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Some performance critical helpers from include/linux/skbuff.h
are not inlined by clang.

Use __always_inline hint for:

 - __skb_fill_netmem_desc()
 - __skb_fill_page_desc()
 - skb_fill_netmem_desc()
 - skb_fill_page_desc()
 - __skb_pull()
 - pskb_may_pull_reason()
 - pskb_may_pull()
 - pskb_pull()
 - pskb_trim()
 - skb_orphan()
 - skb_postpull_rcsum()
 - skb_header_pointer()
 - skb_clear_delivery_time()
 - skb_tstamp_cond()
 - skb_warn_if_lro()

This increases performance and saves ~1200 bytes of text.

$ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.old vmlinux.new
add/remove: 4/24 grow/shrink: 66/12 up/down: 4104/-5306 (-1202)
Function                                     old     new   delta
ip_multipath_l3_keys                           -     303    +303
tcp_sendmsg_locked                          4560    4848    +288
xfrm_input                                  6240    6455    +215
esp_output_head                             1516    1711    +195
skb_try_coalesce                             696     866    +170
bpf_prog_test_run_skb                       1951    2091    +140
tls_strp_read_copy                           528     667    +139
gue_udp_recv                                 738     871    +133
__ip6_append_data                           4159    4279    +120
__bond_xmit_hash                            1019    1122    +103
ip6_multipath_l3_keys                        394     495    +101
bpf_lwt_seg6_action                         1096    1197    +101
input_action_end_dx2                         344     442     +98
vxlan_remcsum                                487     581     +94
udpv6_queue_rcv_skb                          393     480     +87
udp_queue_rcv_skb                            385     471     +86
gue_remcsum                                  453     539     +86
udp_lib_checksum_complete                     84     168     +84
vxlan_xmit                                  2777    2857     +80
nf_reset_ct                                  456     532     +76
igmp_rcv                                    1902    1978     +76
mpls_forward                                1097    1169     +72
tcp_add_backlog                             1226    1292     +66
nfulnl_log_packet                           3091    3156     +65
tcp_rcv_established                         1966    2026     +60
__strp_recv                                 1547    1603     +56
eth_type_trans                               357     411     +54
bond_flow_ip                                 392     444     +52
__icmp_send                                 1584    1630     +46
ip_defrag                                   1636    1681     +45
tpacket_rcv                                 2793    2837     +44
refcount_add                                 132     176     +44
nf_ct_frag6_gather                          1959    2003     +44
napi_skb_free_stolen_head                    199     240     +41
__pskb_trim                                    -      41     +41
napi_reuse_skb                               319     358     +39
icmpv6_rcv                                  1877    1916     +39
br_handle_frame_finish                      1672    1711     +39
ip_rcv_core                                  841     879     +38
ip_check_defrag                              377     415     +38
br_stp_rcv                                   909     947     +38
qdisc_pkt_len_segs_init                      366     399     +33
mld_query_work                              2945    2975     +30
bpf_sk_assign_tcp_reqsk                      607     637     +30
udp_gro_receive                             1657    1686     +29
ip6_rcv_core                                1170    1193     +23
ah_input                                    1176    1197     +21
tun_get_user                                5174    5194     +20
llc_rcv                                      815     834     +19
__pfx_udp_lib_checksum_complete               16      32     +16
__pfx_refcount_add                            48      64     +16
__pfx_nf_reset_ct                             96     112     +16
__pfx_ip_multipath_l3_keys                     -      16     +16
__pfx___pskb_trim                              -      16     +16
packet_sendmsg                              5771    5781     +10
esp_output_tail                             1460    1470     +10
alloc_skb_with_frags                         433     443     +10
xsk_generic_xmit                            3477    3486      +9
mptcp_sendmsg_frag                          2250    2259      +9
__ip_append_data                            4166    4175      +9
__ip6_tnl_rcv                               1159    1168      +9
skb_zerocopy                                1215    1220      +5
gre_parse_header                            1358    1362      +4
__iptunnel_pull_header                       405     407      +2
skb_vlan_untag                               692     693      +1
psp_dev_rcv                                  701     702      +1
netkit_xmit                                 1263    1264      +1
gre_rcv                                     2776    2777      +1
gre_gso_segment                             1521    1522      +1
bpf_skb_net_hdr_pop                          535     536      +1
udp6_ufo_fragment                            888     884      -4
br_multicast_rcv                            9154    9148      -6
snap_rcv                                     312     305      -7
skb_copy_ubufs                              1841    1834      -7
__pfx_skb_tstamp_cond                         16       -     -16
__pfx_skb_clear_delivery_time                 16       -     -16
__pfx_pskb_trim                               16       -     -16
__pfx_pskb_pull                               16       -     -16
ipv6_gso_segment                            1400    1383     -17
ipv6_frag_rcv                               2511    2492     -19
erspan_xmit                                 1221    1190     -31
__pfx_skb_warn_if_lro                         32       -     -32
__pfx___skb_fill_page_desc                    32       -     -32
skb_tstamp_cond                               42       -     -42
pskb_trim                                     46       -     -46
__pfx_skb_postpull_rcsum                      48       -     -48
tcp_gso_segment                             1524    1475     -49
skb_clear_delivery_time                       54       -     -54
__pfx_skb_fill_page_desc                      64       -     -64
__pfx_skb_header_pointer                      80       -     -80
pskb_pull                                     91       -     -91
skb_warn_if_lro                              110       -    -110
tcp_v6_rcv                                  3288    3170    -118
__pfx___skb_pull                             128       -    -128
__pfx_skb_orphan                             144       -    -144
__pfx_pskb_may_pull                          160       -    -160
tcp_v4_rcv                                  3334    3153    -181
__skb_fill_page_desc                         231       -    -231
udp_rcv                                     1809    1553    -256
skb_postpull_rcsum                           318       -    -318
skb_header_pointer                           367       -    -367
fib_multipath_hash                          3399    3018    -381
skb_orphan                                   513       -    -513
skb_fill_page_desc                           534       -    -534
__skb_pull                                   568       -    -568
pskb_may_pull                                604       -    -604
Total: Before=29652698, After=29651496, chg -0.00%

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman &lt;horms@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402152654.1720627-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2026-04-02T18:03:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-04-02T17:57:09+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=8ffb33d7709b59ff60560f48960a73bd8a55be95'/>
<id>8ffb33d7709b59ff60560f48960a73bd8a55be95</id>
<content type='text'>
Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-7.0-rc7).

Conflicts:

net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
  b18c83388874 ("vsock: initialize child_ns_mode_locked in vsock_net_init()")
  0de607dc4fd8 ("vsock: add G2H fallback for CIDs not owned by H2G transport")

Adjacent changes:

drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
  ceee35e5674a ("bnxt_en: Refactor some basic ring setup and adjustment logic")
  57cdfe0dc70b ("bnxt_en: Resize RSS contexts on channel count change")

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/mac80211.c
  4d56037a02bd ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: block EMLSR during TDLS connections")
  687a95d204e7 ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: correctly set wifi generation data")

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/scan.h
  b6045c899e37 ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Refactor scan command handling")
  ec66ec6a5a8f ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Fix MLO scan timing")

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
  078df640ef05 ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: add support for iwl_mcc_allowed_ap_type_cmd v
2")
  323156c3541e ("wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't send a 6E related command when not supported")

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-7.0-rc7).

Conflicts:

net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
  b18c83388874 ("vsock: initialize child_ns_mode_locked in vsock_net_init()")
  0de607dc4fd8 ("vsock: add G2H fallback for CIDs not owned by H2G transport")

Adjacent changes:

drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
  ceee35e5674a ("bnxt_en: Refactor some basic ring setup and adjustment logic")
  57cdfe0dc70b ("bnxt_en: Resize RSS contexts on channel count change")

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/mac80211.c
  4d56037a02bd ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: block EMLSR during TDLS connections")
  687a95d204e7 ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: correctly set wifi generation data")

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/scan.h
  b6045c899e37 ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Refactor scan command handling")
  ec66ec6a5a8f ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: Fix MLO scan timing")

drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
  078df640ef05 ("wifi: iwlwifi: mld: add support for iwl_mcc_allowed_ap_type_cmd v
2")
  323156c3541e ("wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't send a 6E related command when not supported")

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>netdevsim: fix build if SKB_EXTENSIONS=n</title>
<updated>2026-03-27T03:08:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Qingfang Deng</name>
<email>dqfext@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-24T14:08:56+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=57a04a13aac1f247d171c3f3aef93efc69e6979e'/>
<id>57a04a13aac1f247d171c3f3aef93efc69e6979e</id>
<content type='text'>
__skb_ext_put() is not declared if SKB_EXTENSIONS is not enabled, which
causes a build error:

drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c: In function 'nsim_forward_skb':
drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c:114:25: error: implicit declaration of function '__skb_ext_put'; did you mean 'skb_ext_put'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  114 |                         __skb_ext_put(psp_ext);
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
      |                         skb_ext_put
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

Add a stub to fix the build.

Fixes: 7d9351435ebb ("netdevsim: drop PSP ext ref on forward failure")
Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng &lt;dqfext@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260324140857.783-1-dqfext@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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__skb_ext_put() is not declared if SKB_EXTENSIONS is not enabled, which
causes a build error:

drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c: In function 'nsim_forward_skb':
drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c:114:25: error: implicit declaration of function '__skb_ext_put'; did you mean 'skb_ext_put'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  114 |                         __skb_ext_put(psp_ext);
      |                         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
      |                         skb_ext_put
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

Add a stub to fix the build.

Fixes: 7d9351435ebb ("netdevsim: drop PSP ext ref on forward failure")
Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng &lt;dqfext@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260324140857.783-1-dqfext@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>net: inline skb_add_rx_frag_netmem()</title>
<updated>2026-02-28T03:20:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-26T04:12:13+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=6466441a5ecd1c1168264e4c322bae455579b156'/>
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This critical helper (via skb_add_rx_frag()) is mostly used
from drivers rx fast path.

It is time to inline it, this actually saves space in vmlinux:

size vmlinux.old vmlinux
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
37350766        23092977        4846992 65290735        3e441ef vmlinux.old
37350600        23092977        4846992 65290569        3e44149 vmlinux

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260226041213.1892561-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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This critical helper (via skb_add_rx_frag()) is mostly used
from drivers rx fast path.

It is time to inline it, this actually saves space in vmlinux:

size vmlinux.old vmlinux
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
37350766        23092977        4846992 65290735        3e441ef vmlinux.old
37350600        23092977        4846992 65290569        3e44149 vmlinux

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima &lt;kuniyu@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260226041213.1892561-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net</title>
<updated>2026-02-05T17:54:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jakub Kicinski</name>
<email>kuba@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-23T04:13:25+00:00</published>
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Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-6.19-rc9).

No adjacent changes, conflicts:

drivers/net/ethernet/spacemit/k1_emac.c
  3125fc1701694 ("net: spacemit: k1-emac: fix jumbo frame support")
  f66086798f91f ("net: spacemit: Remove broken flow control support")
https://lore.kernel.org/aYIysFIE9ooavWia@sirena.org.uk

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Cross-merge networking fixes after downstream PR (net-6.19-rc9).

No adjacent changes, conflicts:

drivers/net/ethernet/spacemit/k1_emac.c
  3125fc1701694 ("net: spacemit: k1-emac: fix jumbo frame support")
  f66086798f91f ("net: spacemit: Remove broken flow control support")
https://lore.kernel.org/aYIysFIE9ooavWia@sirena.org.uk

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>can: add CAN skb extension infrastructure</title>
<updated>2026-02-05T10:58:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Oliver Hartkopp</name>
<email>socketcan@hartkopp.net</email>
</author>
<published>2026-02-01T14:33:17+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=96ea3a1e2d317e7ecb6b65dc65c9dd917905a6a8'/>
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To remove the private CAN bus skb headroom infrastructure 8 bytes need to
be stored in the skb. The skb extensions are a common pattern and an easy
and efficient way to hold private data travelling along with the skb. We
only need the skb_ext_add() and skb_ext_find() functions to allocate and
access CAN specific content as the skb helpers to copy/clone/free skbs
automatically take care of skb extensions and their final removal.

This patch introduces the complete CAN skb extensions infrastructure:
- add struct can_skb_ext in new file include/net/can.h
- add include/net/can.h in MAINTAINERS
- add SKB_EXT_CAN to skbuff.c and skbuff.h
- select SKB_EXTENSIONS in Kconfig when CONFIG_CAN is enabled
- check for existing CAN skb extensions in can_rcv() in af_can.c
- add CAN skb extensions allocation at every skb_alloc() location
- duplicate the skb extensions if cloning outgoing skbs (framelen/gw_hops)
- introduce can_skb_ext_add() and can_skb_ext_find() helpers

The patch also corrects an indention issue in the original code from 2018:
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202602010426.PnGrYAk3-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde &lt;mkl@pengutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp &lt;socketcan@hartkopp.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260201-can_skb_ext-v8-2-3635d790fe8b@hartkopp.net
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;

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To remove the private CAN bus skb headroom infrastructure 8 bytes need to
be stored in the skb. The skb extensions are a common pattern and an easy
and efficient way to hold private data travelling along with the skb. We
only need the skb_ext_add() and skb_ext_find() functions to allocate and
access CAN specific content as the skb helpers to copy/clone/free skbs
automatically take care of skb extensions and their final removal.

This patch introduces the complete CAN skb extensions infrastructure:
- add struct can_skb_ext in new file include/net/can.h
- add include/net/can.h in MAINTAINERS
- add SKB_EXT_CAN to skbuff.c and skbuff.h
- select SKB_EXTENSIONS in Kconfig when CONFIG_CAN is enabled
- check for existing CAN skb extensions in can_rcv() in af_can.c
- add CAN skb extensions allocation at every skb_alloc() location
- duplicate the skb extensions if cloning outgoing skbs (framelen/gw_hops)
- introduce can_skb_ext_add() and can_skb_ext_find() helpers

The patch also corrects an indention issue in the original code from 2018:
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202602010426.PnGrYAk3-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde &lt;mkl@pengutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp &lt;socketcan@hartkopp.net&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260201-can_skb_ext-v8-2-3635d790fe8b@hartkopp.net
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni &lt;pabeni@redhat.com&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: add a debug check in __skb_push()</title>
<updated>2026-02-03T01:24:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-30T16:02:53+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=dc9fd14bd75967d039262d73189fdd123edc5dce'/>
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Add the following check, to detect bugs sooner for CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y
builds.

	DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(skb-&gt;data &lt; skb-&gt;head);

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260130160253.2936789-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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Add the following check, to detect bugs sooner for CONFIG_DEBUG_NET=y
builds.

	DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(skb-&gt;data &lt; skb-&gt;head);

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260130160253.2936789-1-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: add skb_header_pointer_careful() helper</title>
<updated>2026-01-30T02:25:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-28T14:15:38+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=13e00fdc9236bd4d0bff4109d2983171fbcb74c4'/>
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This variant of skb_header_pointer() should be used in contexts
where @offset argument is user-controlled and could be negative.

Negative offsets are supported, as long as the zone starts
between skb-&gt;head and skb-&gt;data.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260128141539.3404400-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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This variant of skb_header_pointer() should be used in contexts
where @offset argument is user-controlled and could be negative.

Negative offsets are supported, as long as the zone starts
between skb-&gt;head and skb-&gt;data.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260128141539.3404400-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: always inline __skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary()</title>
<updated>2026-01-22T03:28:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-20T16:49:01+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=9bd6ff503077e03fdf3b1a0a55b1427759eb23ac'/>
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clang does not inline this helper in GRO fast path.

We can save space and cpu cycles.

$ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.0 vmlinux.1
add/remove: 0/2 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 156/-218 (-62)
Function                                     old     new   delta
tcp6_gro_complete                            227     311     +84
tcp4_gro_complete                            325     397     +72
__pfx___skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary         32       -     -32
__skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary              186       -    -186
Total: Before=22592724, After=22592662, chg -0.00%

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260120164903.1912995-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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clang does not inline this helper in GRO fast path.

We can save space and cpu cycles.

$ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.0 vmlinux.1
add/remove: 0/2 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 156/-218 (-62)
Function                                     old     new   delta
tcp6_gro_complete                            227     311     +84
tcp4_gro_complete                            325     397     +72
__pfx___skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary         32       -     -32
__skb_incr_checksum_unnecessary              186       -    -186
Total: Before=22592724, After=22592662, chg -0.00%

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260120164903.1912995-2-edumazet@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
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