Re: [PATCH net-next v9 00/17] net: macb: implement context swapping

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Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:03:14 +0200 you wrote:
> MACB has a pretty primitive approach to buffer management. They are all
> stored in `struct macb *bp`. On operations that require buffer realloc
> (set_ringparam & change_mtu at the moment), the only option is to close
> the interface, change our global state and re-open the interface.
> 
> Two issues:
> - It doesn't fly on memory pressured systems; we free our precious
>   buffers and don't manage to reallocate fully, meaning our machine
>   just lost its network access.
> - Anecdotally, it is pretty slow because it implies a full PHY reinit.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v9,01/17] net: macb: drop "consistent" from alloc/free function names
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ba6f76db61fc
  - [net-next,v9,02/17] net: macb: unify device pointer naming convention
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/07362f68e61d
  - [net-next,v9,03/17] net: macb: unify variable naming convention in at91ether functions
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/075663a6ceb6
  - [net-next,v9,04/17] net: macb: unify queue index variable naming convention and types
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/2434dc6e1c9c
  - [net-next,v9,05/17] net: macb: enforce reverse christmas tree (RCT) convention
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/2cedfce238c3
  - [net-next,v9,06/17] net: macb: allocate tieoff descriptor once across device lifetime
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/5262eab9462a
  - [net-next,v9,07/17] net: macb: refuse set_ringparam on EMAC
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/227fdb2fe6f9
  - [net-next,v9,08/17] net: macb: introduce macb_context struct for buffer management
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v9,09/17] net: macb: avoid macb_init_rx_buffer_size() modifying state
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v9,10/17] net: macb: make `struct macb` subset reachable from macb_context struct
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v9,11/17] net: macb: change caps helpers signatures
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v9,12/17] net: macb: change function signatures to take contexts
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v9,13/17] net: macb: introduce macb_context_alloc() helper
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v9,14/17] net: macb: move printk() calls out of bp->lock critical section
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v9,15/17] net: macb: read ISR inside bp->lock critical section
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v9,16/17] net: macb: use context swapping in .set_ringparam()
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v9,17/17] net: macb: use context swapping in .ndo_change_mtu()
    (no matching commit)

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