Re: [PATCH net-next v4] netpoll: bound the deferred transmit queue

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Wed Sep 30 2026 - 19:50:20 EST


Hello:

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

On Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:45:37 -0400 you wrote:
> __netpoll_send_skb() parks an skb on npinfo->txq whenever the device
> cannot take it at once, and once the queue is non-empty every later skb
> goes straight there to keep ordering. queue_process() drains it from a
> workqueue and, unlike the direct path, never polls the device for
> completions: when the ring is stopped it backs off HZ/10. Nothing limits
> the queue length.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next,v4] netpoll: bound the deferred transmit queue
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/9433d2f334ed

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