Re: [PATCH net] bnxt_en: Write doorbell when linearizing skb fails

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Thu Aug 27 2026 - 05:32:15 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:02:33 -0700 you wrote:
> When the driver is handed a burst of packets, the doorbell is deferred
> until the end. If the last packet has a huge number of frags, but fails
> to linearize, the doorbell will not be written adding latency on TX for
> any packets in the ring and holding their DMA mappings until the next
> TX. Note that the queue is not stopped, so this issue would delay
> pending BDs until the next TX.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net] bnxt_en: Write doorbell when linearizing skb fails
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/00eeab0c644a

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