APPLIED/cmnt [Q] Re: [SRU][Q/P/N/J:linux-azure][PATCH] net: mana: Use page pool fragments for RX buffers instead of full pages to improve memory efficiency

Timo Aaltonen tjaalton at ubuntu.com
Fri Sep 12 08:55:27 UTC 2025


John Cabaj kirjoitti 11.9.2025 klo 21.21:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2121570
> 
> SRU Justification
> 
> [Impact]
> 
> * Microsoft requested patch to improve RX buffer handling in MANA driver
> 
> [Fix]
> 
> * Questing: simple backport of 730ff06d3f5c: "net: mana: Use page pool fragments for RX buffers instead of full pages to improve memory efficiency." from linux-next
> * Plucky: simple backport of 730ff06d3f5c: "net: mana: Use page pool fragments for RX buffers instead of full pages to improve memory efficiency." from linux-next
> * Noble: backport of 730ff06d3f5c: "net: mana: Use page pool fragments for RX buffers instead of full pages to improve memory efficiency." from linux-next
> * Jammy: backports of the following patches:
>    - 1705341485ff: "net: mana: Improve mana_set_channels() in low mem conditions" upstream
>    - 730ff06d3f5c: "net: mana: Use page pool fragments for RX buffers instead of full pages to improve memory efficiency." from linux-next
> 
> [Test Plan]
> 
> * Compile tested
> * Microsoft tested
> 
> [Regression potential]
> 
> * Changes are localized to MANA. Possible regressions could result in unexpected behavior of MANA driver.
> 
> [Other info]
> 
> * SF#00416936
> 
> Dipayaan Roy (1):
>    net: mana: Use page pool fragments for RX buffers instead of full
>      pages to improve memory efficiency.
> 
>   .../net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_bpf.c    |  46 +++++-
>   drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c | 151 ++++++++++++------
>   include/net/mana/mana.h                       |   4 +
>   3 files changed, 150 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
> 

I'm rebasing azure to 6.17 so I used the original commit instead, which 
applied cleanly.

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t




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