Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: raise TX completion interrupt at the end of an xmit burst

From: Jakub Kicinski

Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 20:37:03 EST


On Mon, 6 Jul 2026 05:32:45 +0000 Johan Alvarado wrote:
> The TX mitigation logic only sets the Interrupt on Completion bit once
> every tx_coal_frames descriptors (STMMAC_TX_FRAMES = 25), with the
> tx_coal_timer hrtimer (STMMAC_COAL_TX_TIMER = 5000 us) as the only
> fallback. TX skbs are freed exclusively from the TX completion path,
> so any flow that keeps fewer than 25 frames in flight has all of its
> skbs held for up to 5 ms after transmission.

The netdev patch queue has overflown.
If these patches are still relevant you'll have to repost them.