On 4/19/24 2:47 PM, Sasha Levin wrote: > This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled > > ravb: Group descriptor types used in Rx ring > > to the 6.8-stable tree which can be found at: > http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary > > The filename of the patch is: > ravb-group-descriptor-types-used-in-rx-ring.patch > and it can be found in the queue-6.8 subdirectory. > > If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, > please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. > > > > commit fb17fd565be203e2aa62544a586a72430c457751 > Author: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon Mar 4 12:08:53 2024 +0100 > > ravb: Group descriptor types used in Rx ring > > [ Upstream commit 4123c3fbf8632e5c553222bf1c10b3a3e0a8dc06 ] > > The Rx ring can either be made up of normal or extended descriptors, not > a mix of the two at the same time. Make this explicit by grouping the > two variables in a rx_ring union. > > The extension of the storage for more than one queue of normal > descriptors from a single to NUM_RX_QUEUE queues have no practical > effect. But aids in making the code readable as the code that uses it > already piggyback on other members of struct ravb_private that are > arrays of max length NUM_RX_QUEUE, e.g. rx_desc_dma. This will also make > further refactoring easier. > > While at it, rename the normal descriptor Rx ring to make it clear it's > not strictly related to the GbEthernet E-MAC IP found in RZ/G2L, normal > descriptors could be used on R-Car SoCs too. > > Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Stable-dep-of: def52db470df ("net: ravb: Count packets instead of descriptors in R-Car RX path") Hm, I doubt this patch is actually necessary here... > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> [...] MBR, Sergey
