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Merge branch 'net-mlx5-avoid-payload-in-skb-s-linear-part-for-better-gro-processing'
authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Tue, 2 Jun 2026 21:12:36 +0000 (14:12 -0700)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Tue, 2 Jun 2026 21:12:36 +0000 (14:12 -0700)
commitb736e34b963d7b05ee78fd3f0e7eb53a2edef7b9
treed3cd0efecbefb62fa3aab54f2fff98cf2fcad548
parentcbadf6015e6b7920065b9cc53e8d0088a66b3a34
parent399f030cd6123f1b3539d1557a6e956eb1cd7da7
Merge branch 'net-mlx5-avoid-payload-in-skb-s-linear-part-for-better-gro-processing'

Tariq Toukan says:

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net/mlx5: Avoid payload in skb's linear part for better GRO-processing

This is V7 of a series originally submitted by Christoph.

When LRO is enabled on the MLX, mlx5e_skb_from_cqe_mpwrq_nonlinear
copies parts of the payload to the linear part of the skb.

This triggers suboptimal processing in GRO, causing slow throughput.

This patch series addresses this by using eth_get_headlen to compute the
size of the protocol headers and only copy those bits. This results in a
significant throughput improvement (detailed results in the specific
patch).
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Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260601061522.398044-1-tariqt@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>