[PATCH iwl-next v2 2/2] idpf: use GFP_KERNEL for the initial Rx ring fill
From: Luigi Rizzo
Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 17:10:25 EST
When idpf fills its Rx rings at open or on queue reconfiguration, the
allocation runs in process context, right after page_pool_create() and
before the queues' NAPI is enabled. Allocating tens of thousands of
buffers across all queues with GFP_ATOMIC is needlessly restrictive
when the caller may sleep.
In splitq mode, idpf_rx_post_buf_desc() is only used for this initial
fill, so switch its header and payload allocations to
libeth_rx_alloc_gfp(..., GFP_KERNEL).
In singleq mode, add a gfp_t parameter to
idpf_rx_singleq_buf_hw_alloc_all() and pass GFP_KERNEL from
idpf_rx_buf_alloc_singleq() and GFP_ATOMIC from idpf_rx_singleq_clean().
Signed-off-by: Luigi Rizzo <lrizzo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c | 7 ++++---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c | 9 ++++++---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h | 2 +-
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c
index e3ddf18dcbf51..d623e4ab8511f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_singleq_txrx.c
@@ -885,11 +885,12 @@ static void idpf_rx_buf_hw_update(struct idpf_rx_queue *rxq, u32 val)
* idpf_rx_singleq_buf_hw_alloc_all - Replace used receive buffers
* @rx_q: queue for which the hw buffers are allocated
* @cleaned_count: number of buffers to replace
+ * @gfp: GFP_KERNEL for the initial fill, GFP_ATOMIC from NAPI
*
* Returns false if all allocations were successful, true if any fail
*/
bool idpf_rx_singleq_buf_hw_alloc_all(struct idpf_rx_queue *rx_q,
- u16 cleaned_count)
+ u16 cleaned_count, gfp_t gfp)
{
struct virtchnl2_singleq_rx_buf_desc *desc;
const struct libeth_fq_fp fq = {
@@ -908,7 +909,7 @@ bool idpf_rx_singleq_buf_hw_alloc_all(struct idpf_rx_queue *rx_q,
do {
dma_addr_t addr;
- addr = libeth_rx_alloc(&fq, nta);
+ addr = libeth_rx_alloc_gfp(&fq, nta, gfp);
if (addr == DMA_MAPPING_ERROR)
break;
@@ -1095,7 +1096,7 @@ static int idpf_rx_singleq_clean(struct idpf_rx_queue *rx_q, int budget)
page_pool_nid_changed(rx_q->pp, numa_mem_id());
if (cleaned_count)
- idpf_rx_singleq_buf_hw_alloc_all(rx_q, cleaned_count);
+ idpf_rx_singleq_buf_hw_alloc_all(rx_q, cleaned_count, GFP_ATOMIC);
u64_stats_update_begin(&rx_q->stats_sync);
u64_stats_add(&rx_q->q_stats.packets, rs.packets);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
index 4311ffa30bb18..b1127ab48ef3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
@@ -600,6 +600,9 @@ static void idpf_post_buf_refill(struct idpf_sw_queue *refillq, u16 buf_id)
* @bufq: buffer queue to post to
* @buf_id: buffer id to post
*
+ * Only used for the initial fill, from process context, so it allocates
+ * with GFP_KERNEL.
+ *
* Return: %false if buffer could not be allocated, %true otherwise.
*/
static bool idpf_rx_post_buf_desc(struct idpf_buf_queue *bufq, u16 buf_id)
@@ -618,7 +621,7 @@ static bool idpf_rx_post_buf_desc(struct idpf_buf_queue *bufq, u16 buf_id)
fq.fqes = bufq->hdr_buf;
fq.truesize = bufq->hdr_truesize;
- addr = libeth_rx_alloc(&fq, buf_id);
+ addr = libeth_rx_alloc_gfp(&fq, buf_id, GFP_KERNEL);
if (addr == DMA_MAPPING_ERROR)
return false;
@@ -629,7 +632,7 @@ static bool idpf_rx_post_buf_desc(struct idpf_buf_queue *bufq, u16 buf_id)
fq.fqes = bufq->buf;
fq.truesize = bufq->truesize;
- addr = libeth_rx_alloc(&fq, buf_id);
+ addr = libeth_rx_alloc_gfp(&fq, buf_id, GFP_KERNEL);
if (addr == DMA_MAPPING_ERROR)
return false;
@@ -675,7 +678,7 @@ static bool idpf_rx_post_init_bufs(struct idpf_buf_queue *bufq,
*/
static int idpf_rx_buf_alloc_singleq(struct idpf_rx_queue *rxq)
{
- if (idpf_rx_singleq_buf_hw_alloc_all(rxq, rxq->desc_count - 1))
+ if (idpf_rx_singleq_buf_hw_alloc_all(rxq, rxq->desc_count - 1, GFP_KERNEL))
goto err;
return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h
index 93547597efd2a..e27438c78ec79 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_singleq_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct idpf_tx_queue *tx_q);
netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_start(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev);
bool idpf_rx_singleq_buf_hw_alloc_all(struct idpf_rx_queue *rxq,
- u16 cleaned_count);
+ u16 cleaned_count, gfp_t gfp);
bool idpf_rx_process_skb_fields(struct sk_buff *skb,
const struct libeth_xdp_buff *xdp,
struct libeth_rq_napi_stats *rs);
--
2.56.0.212.g129ede20d9-goog