Introduce a second skb list for handling control messages and limit the number of allowed messages. Some control messages are considered more crucial than others, resulting in the need for a second skb list. By splitting the list into a separate high and low priority list we can ensure that messages on the high list get added to the head of the list that gets processed, this however has no functional impact. Previously there was no limit on the number of messages allowed on the queue, this could result in the queue growing boundlessly and eventually the host running out of memory. Fixes: b985f870a5f0 ("nfp: process control messages in workqueue in flower app") Signed-off-by: Pieter Jansen van Vuuren <pieter.jansenvanvuuren@netronome.com> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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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