Commit 8efd0d9c authored by Linus Torvalds's avatar Linus Torvalds
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Merge tag '5.17-net-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next

Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski:
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   - Defer freeing TCP skbs to the BH handler, whenever possible, or at
     least perform the freeing outside of the socket lock section to
     decrease cross-CPU allocator work and improve latency.

   - Add netdevice refcount tracking to locate sources of netdevice and
     net namespace refcount leaks.

   - Make Tx watchdog less intrusive - avoid pausing Tx and restarting
     all queues from a single CPU removing latency spikes.

   - Various small optimizations throughout the stack from Eric Dumazet.

   - Make netdev->dev_addr[] constant, force modifications to go via
     appropriate helpers to allow us to keep addresses in ordered data
     structures.

   - Replace unix_table_lock with per-hash locks, improving performance
     of bind() calls.

   - Extend skb drop tracepoint with a drop reason.

   - Allow SO_MARK and SO_PRIORITY setsockopt un...
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