Re: [PATCH net 1/3] net: macb: never give hardware a NULL RX buffer

From: Jakub Kicinski

Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 21:49:09 EST


On Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:37:00 +0000 netdev-bot+sashiko@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> - [High] gem_init_rx_ring()
> (drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c:2793) now sets…
> - [High] gem_init_rx_ring() now publishes MACB_BIT(RX_USED) on every RX
> descriptor of a queue, resets queue->rx_tail/rx_prepared_head and then…

If the AI interprets the rx poll side correctly these seem like a major
flaw in setting the USED bit :(