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Re: [PATCH net v2] gve: fix Rx queue stall on alloc failure

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
Date: 2026-07-21 21:50:36
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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski [off-list ref]:

On Thu,  9 Jul 2026 21:19:06 +0000 you wrote:
From: Eddie Phillips <redacted>

When the system is under extreme memory pressure, page allocations can
fail during the Rx buffer refill loop. If the number of buffers posted
to hardware falls below a critical low threshold and the refill loop
exits due to allocation failures, the queue can stall:

[...]
Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,v2] gve: fix Rx queue stall on alloc failure
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/b65352a1bac6

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