Re: [PATCH v2] net: ena: Do not waste napi skb cache

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Wed Jan 26 2022 - 10:52:24 EST


On Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:16:41 +0000 Hyeonggon Yoo wrote:
> By profiling, discovered that ena device driver allocates skb by
> build_skb() and frees by napi_skb_cache_put(). Because the driver
> does not use napi skb cache in allocation path, napi skb cache is
> periodically filled and flushed. This is waste of napi skb cache.
>
> As ena_alloc_skb() is called only in napi, Use napi_build_skb()
> and napi_alloc_skb() when allocating skb.
>
> This patch was tested on aws a1.metal instance.
>
> [ jwiedmann.dev@xxxxxxxxx: Use napi_alloc_skb() instead of
> netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() to keep things consistent. ]
>
> Signed-off-by: Hyeonggon Yoo <42.hyeyoo@xxxxxxxxx>

It seems you missed CCing netdev@, you'll need to repost.
You can keep the ack from Shay.