[PATCH v20 08/25] net/pcap: replace stack bounce buffer

Bruce Richardson bruce.richardson at intel.com
Mon Mar 16 12:47:59 CET 2026


On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 09:09:46AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Replace the 64K stack-allocated bounce buffer with a per-queue
> buffer allocated from hugepages via rte_malloc at queue setup.
> This is necessary because the buffer may be used in a secondary
> process transmit path where the primary process allocated it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> ---
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>



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