When sending an xdp_frame through xdp_do_redirect call, then error cases can happen where the xdp_frame needs to be dropped, and returning an -errno code isn't sufficient/possible any-longer (e.g. for cpumap case). This is already fully supported, by simply calling xdp_return_frame. This patch is an optimization, which provides xdp_return_frame_rx_napi, which is a faster variant for these error cases. It take advantage of the protection provided by XDP RX running under NAPI protection. This change is mostly relevant for drivers using the page_pool allocator as it can take advantage of this. (Tested with mlx5). Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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