From 6e9b01909a811555ff3326cf80a5847169c57806 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 21:02:12 -0700 Subject: net: remove gfp_mask from napi_alloc_skb() __napi_alloc_skb() is napi_alloc_skb() with the added flexibility of choosing gfp_mask. This is a NAPI function, so GFP_ATOMIC is implied. The only practical choice the caller has is whether to set __GFP_NOWARN. But that's a false choice, too, allocation failures in atomic context will happen, and printing warnings in logs, effectively for a packet drop, is both too much and very likely non-actionable. This leads me to a conclusion that most uses of napi_alloc_skb() are simply misguided, and should use __GFP_NOWARN in the first place. We also have a "standard" way of reporting allocation failures via the queue stat API (qstats::rx-alloc-fail). The direct motivation for this patch is that one of the drivers used at Meta calls napi_alloc_skb() (so prior to this patch without __GFP_NOWARN), and the resulting OOM warning is the top networking warning in our fleet. Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240327040213.3153864-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/page_frags.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/translations') diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/page_frags.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/page_frags.rst index 20bd3fafdc8c..a5b22486a913 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/page_frags.rst +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/mm/page_frags.rst @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sk_buff->head使用，或者用于skb_shared_info的 “frags” 部分。 网络堆栈在每个CPU使用两个独立的缓存来处理碎片分配。netdev_alloc_cache被使用 netdev_alloc_frag和__netdev_alloc_skb调用的调用者使用。napi_alloc_cache -被调用__napi_alloc_frag和__napi_alloc_skb的调用者使用。这两个调用的主要区别是 +被调用__napi_alloc_frag和napi_alloc_skb的调用者使用。这两个调用的主要区别是 它们可能被调用的环境。“netdev” 前缀的函数可以在任何上下文中使用，因为这些函数 将禁用中断，而 ”napi“ 前缀的函数只可以在softirq上下文中使用。 -- cgit v1.2.3