[PATCH v2 11/17] net/dpaa2: fix software taildrop buffer access

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Fri Mar 6 18:35:40 CET 2026


On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:29:34 +0100
Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com> wrote:

> > > It is unsafe to use free_bulk on transmit path because packets in
> > > burst might come from different pools. An example would be a router
> > > forwarding from two incoming NIC's to one outgoing NIC.  
> > 
> > Is it?
> > 
> > IIUC, this helper was added specifically to handle mbufs from multiple
> > mempools.

never mind, that was old brain cells, looks like it got fixed.


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