From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:15:50 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Merge branch 'net-add-retry-mechanism-to-ndo_set_rx_mode_async' X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=61abe5db23f0799e602352c796de6fcf76d23b41;p=thirdparty%2Flinux.git Merge branch 'net-add-retry-mechanism-to-ndo_set_rx_mode_async' Stanislav Fomichev says: ==================== net: add retry mechanism to ndo_set_rx_mode_async Original async ndo_set_rx_mode work left one place where we do netdev_WARN in response to a ENOMEM. The intent was to see whether actual real users can hit that (adding uc/mc under memory pressure seems like a very unlikely thing to do). However, it was quickly triggered by syzbot's failslab. Add a retry mechanism and downgrade netdev_WARN to netdev_err. The retry logic is a typical exponential backoff: 1, 2, 4, 8 seconds, 15 in total, hopefully enough for a system to resolve memory pressure. ==================== Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260608154014.227538-1-sdf@fomichev.me Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- 61abe5db23f0799e602352c796de6fcf76d23b41