ACK [noble/jammy]: [SRU][o/n/j:linux-azure][PATCH v2 0/1] net: mana: Fix RX buf alloc_size alignment and atomic op panic
John Cabaj
john.cabaj at canonical.com
Mon Sep 9 19:21:28 UTC 2024
On 9/6/24 12:59 PM, Vinicius Peixoto wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2079854
>
> [Impact]
>
> Microsoft has requested us to backport the following bugfix:
>
> 32316f676b4e ("net: mana: Fix RX buf alloc_size alignment and atomic op panic")
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=32316f676b4e
>
> [Fix]
>
> Clean-cherry pick to the trees (oracular/noble/jammy) containing the
> following break commit:
> 80f6215b450e ("net: mana: Add support for jumbo frame")
>
> [Test plan]
>
> Compile tested only.
>
> [Where problems could occur]
>
> This is a minor adjustment to the allocated size for MANA RX buffers,
> fixing the alignment of the resulting SKB in order to improve performance
> and avoid alignment faults during atomic operations on ARM64. As such,
> the regression risk seems to be low (especially considering the allocated
> size for the buffer will end up being bigger, not smaller), but any issues
> here would impact the reception of network packets in MANA.
>
> [Other info]
>
> SF #00394982
>
> v1 -> v2:
> - Fix cover letter subject
>
> Haiyang Zhang (1):
> net: mana: Fix RX buf alloc_size alignment and atomic op panic
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/microsoft/mana/mana_en.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
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Acked-by: John Cabaj <john.cabaj at canonical.com>
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