Re: [PATCH net-next v2 7/7] selftests: drv-net: devmem: TX from a hugepage-backed dmabuf

From: Stanislav Fomichev

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 13:01:05 EST


On 11/04, Dragos Tatulea wrote:
> On 04.11.26 00:51, Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> > TX net_iovs are now sized from the dmabuf layout, but the TX tests
> > use a regular memfd, which usually keeps them small. Add -H to ncdevmem
> > to back the udmabuf with 2MB hugepages and a TX test which sends a 3MB
> > buffer from it, so that frags end at and continue past the 2MB net_iov
> > boundary. The payload has a 7 byte period to catch offset errors.
> >
> Why not add a test with a BIG TCP GSO test as well?

I hope we eventually will have all this tested on NIPA with a "perfect"
config. Here I did not do big tcp because I wanted apples to apples.


> Nice improvement btw. FWIW for the series:
> Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@xxxxxxxxxx>

Ty for the review!