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Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/10] net: stop calling __pskb_pull_tail() from drivers



On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:02:47 +0000 Josef Bacik wrote:
> > v1->v2:
> > - New 1/10: skb_drop_empty_frags(). xen-netfront, netxen and qlcnic
> >   relied on __pskb_pull_tail() releasing zero-length frags even when
> >   there's nothing to pull, which pskb_may_pull() doesn't do (Sashiko).
> > - xen-netfront, netxen, qlcnic: call skb_drop_empty_frags() after
> >   pskb_may_pull().
> > - skb_drop_empty_frags() checked with a boot-time test under KASAN and
> >   kmemleak, on cloned and uncloned skbs.
>
> Please keep in mind that we ask people to limit themselves to 15
> outstanding patches per tree. You have 18 right now.
> (200 active netdev contributors + an LLM) x 20 patches == insanity :/

Eesh sorry Jakub, the skbuff BUG_ON() removal series is the more
important one, this series is the followup so I can finish that work.
By outstanding do you mean per-merge window or once I get
notifications for things being merged I'm good to send the next batch?
 Thanks,

Josef



 


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