Re: [PATCH net v6] net: schedule a purge when the defer queue rejects a free

[Joseph Kain]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 10:58 AM Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>

> Say not to very verbose changelog, that nobody will read.
>
> Since commit 844c9db7f7f5 ("net: use llist for sd->defer_list"),
> skb_attempt_defer_free() increments sdn->defer_count before testing
> it against skb_defer_max, and keeps the increment when it rejects.
> __skb_defer_free_flush() returns early on an empty list without
> clearing the counter.
[...]

Thanks, I'll use this changelog in v7.