Re: [PATCH bpf-next 0/9] bpf: cpumap: enable GRO for XDP_PASS frames

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 18:24:59 +0200 Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> * patch 4: switch cpumap from a custom kthread to a CPU-pinned
>   threaded NAPI;

Could you try to use the backlog NAPI? Allocating a fake netdev and
using NAPI as a threading abstraction feels like an abuse. Maybe try
to factor out the necessary bits? What we want is using the per-cpu 
caches, and feeding GRO. None of the IRQ related NAPI functionality
fits in here.