Re: [PATCH net-next v14 0/5] tun/tap & vhost-net: apply qdisc backpressure on full ptr_ring to reduce TX drops
[email protected] Sat, 08 Aug 2026 01:10:15 +0000
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Hello: This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main) by Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>: On Mon, 3 Aug 2026 20:36:36 +0200 you wrote: > This patch series deals with tun/tap & vhost-net which drop incoming > SKBs whenever their internal ptr_ring buffer is full. Instead, with this > patch series, the associated netdev queue is stopped, but only when the > new IFF_BACKPRESSURE flag is set and a qdisc is attached. Without the > flag, or if no qdisc is present, the existing behavior is preserved. The > XDP transmit path is not affected. This patch series touches tun/tap and > vhost-net, as they share common logic and must be updated together. > Modifying only one of them would break the other. > > [...] Here is the summary with links: - [net-next,v14,1/5] tun/tap: add IFF_BACKPRESSURE flag https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/485e38995cc3 - [net-next,v14,2/5] tun/tap: add ptr_ring consume helper with netdev queue wakeup https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/9b990ae358b3 - [net-next,v14,3/5] vhost-net: wake queue of tun/tap after ptr_ring consume https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/f65c1fb427aa - [net-next,v14,4/5] ptr_ring: move free-space check into separate helper https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/43be21ec2efd - [net-next,v14,5/5] tun/tap & vhost-net: stop tail-drop when IFF_BACKPRESSURE is set https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/d00c7369ef24 You are awesome, thank you! -- Deet-doot-dot, I am a bot. https://korg.docs.kernel.org/patchwork/pwbot.html