On 2/26/26 7:12 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

On Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:49:10 -0800 Vishwanath Seshagiri wrote:

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Use page_pool for RX buffer allocation in mergeable and small buffer
modes to enable page recycling and avoid repeated page allocator calls.
skb_mark_for_recycle() enables page reuse in the network stack.

Would you mind holding off v8 until tomorrow mid-day (and rebase then)?
There is a conflict coming in from Linus'es tree, if you post v8 today
it will most likely not apply tomorrow :(

ack. will wait until then to send it.