linux/net
Qingfang Deng 2a441a9aac netfilter: flowtable: dedicated slab for flow entry
The size of `struct flow_offload` has grown beyond 256 bytes on 64-bit
kernels (currently 280 bytes) because of the `flow_offload_tunnel`
member added recently. So kmalloc() allocates from the kmalloc-512 slab,
causing significant memory waste per entry.

Introduce a dedicated slab cache for flow entries to reduce memory
footprint. Results in a reduction from 512 bytes to 320 bytes per entry
on x86_64 kernels.

Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <dqfext@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
2026-02-06 13:34:55 +01:00
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6lowpan net: replace ND_PRINTK with dynamic debug 2025-07-10 15:27:32 -07:00
9p - fix a bug with O_APPEND in cached mode causing data to be written multiple times on server 2025-12-07 08:29:09 -08:00
802 net: remove HIPPI support and RoadRunner HIPPI driver 2026-01-20 19:12:06 -08:00
8021q net: vlan: sync VLAN features with lower device 2025-10-31 17:42:35 -07:00
appletalk net: Convert proto_ops connect() callbacks to use sockaddr_unsized 2025-11-04 19:10:32 -08:00
atm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-11-27 12:19:08 -08:00
ax25 net: ax25: remove plumbing for never-implemented DAMA Master support 2026-01-30 19:19:39 -08:00
batman-adv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-10-31 06:46:03 -07:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix not tracking outstanding TX ident 2026-01-29 13:36:35 -05:00
bpf bpf: Fix reference count leak in bpf_prog_test_run_xdp() 2026-01-12 16:37:40 -08:00
bridge net: bridge: use sysfs_emit instead of sprintf 2026-02-03 19:19:42 -08:00
caif caif: fix integer underflow in cffrml_receive() 2025-12-11 01:35:41 -08:00
can can: gw: use can_gw_hops instead of sk_buff::csum_start 2026-02-05 11:58:40 +01:00
ceph libceph: make calc_target() set t->paused, not just clear it 2026-01-06 00:39:43 +01:00
core Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2026-02-05 09:54:08 -08:00
dcb Revert "Documentation: net: add flow control guide and document ethtool API" 2025-10-01 09:48:21 +02:00
devlink devlink: Refactor devlink_rate_nodes_check 2026-02-02 20:05:51 -08:00
dns_resolver net/dns_resolver: use credential guards in dns_query() 2025-11-04 12:36:51 +01:00
dsa net: dsa: tag_yt921x: add priority support 2026-02-03 15:09:31 +01:00
ethernet net: optimize eth_type_trans() vs CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG=y 2025-11-24 19:27:31 -08:00
ethtool Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2026-02-05 09:54:08 -08:00
handshake net/handshake: Fix null-ptr-deref in handshake_complete() 2025-12-22 12:36:40 +01:00
hsr net/hsr: fix NULL pointer dereference in prp_get_untagged_frame() 2025-12-04 11:15:13 +01:00
ieee802154 net: Convert proto callbacks from sockaddr to sockaddr_unsized 2025-11-04 19:10:33 -08:00
ife
ipv4 tcp: move __reqsk_free() out of line 2026-02-05 09:23:06 -08:00
ipv6 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2026-02-05 09:54:08 -08:00
iucv net/iucv: clean up iucv kernel-doc warnings 2026-02-04 20:39:58 -08:00
kcm Networking changes for 6.19. 2025-12-03 17:24:33 -08:00
key pfkey: Deprecate pfkey 2025-10-30 09:03:12 +01:00
l2tp l2tp: avoid one data-race in l2tp_tunnel_del_work() 2026-01-19 09:55:41 -08:00
l3mdev
lapb treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of() 2025-06-08 09:07:37 +02:00
llc net: Convert proto_ops connect() callbacks to use sockaddr_unsized 2025-11-04 19:10:32 -08:00
mac80211 wifi: mac80211: Add eMLSR/eMLMR action frame parsing support 2026-02-02 10:11:18 +01:00
mac802154
mctp net: mctp: test: move TX packetqueue from dst to dev 2025-12-01 13:52:13 -08:00
mpls mpls: Drop RTNL for RTM_NEWROUTE, RTM_DELROUTE, and RTM_GETROUTE. 2025-11-03 17:40:54 -08:00
mptcp mptcp: Change some dubious min_t(int, ...) to min() 2026-02-04 18:45:09 -08:00
ncsi net: ncsi: Fix buffer overflow in fetching version id 2025-06-12 18:21:59 -07:00
netfilter netfilter: flowtable: dedicated slab for flow entry 2026-02-06 13:34:55 +01:00
netlabel audit: add record for multiple task security contexts 2025-08-30 10:15:30 -04:00
netlink net: Convert proto_ops connect() callbacks to use sockaddr_unsized 2025-11-04 19:10:32 -08:00
netrom netrom: fix double-free in nr_route_frame() 2026-01-20 19:15:40 -08:00
nfc nfc: nci: Fix race between rfkill and nci_unregister_device(). 2026-01-28 19:32:26 -08:00
nsh
openvswitch net: openvswitch: fix data race in ovs_vport_get_upcall_stats 2026-01-22 12:55:22 +01:00
packet net: add vlan_get_protocol_offset_inline() helper 2026-02-05 16:33:52 +01:00
phonet net: Convert proto callbacks from sockaddr to sockaddr_unsized 2025-11-04 19:10:33 -08:00
psample
psp tools: ynl-gen: add regeneration comment 2025-11-25 19:20:42 -08:00
qrtr net: Convert proto_ops connect() callbacks to use sockaddr_unsized 2025-11-04 19:10:32 -08:00
rds net/rds: Trigger rds_send_ping() more than once 2026-02-04 20:46:39 -08:00
rfkill net: replace use of system_wq with system_percpu_wq 2025-09-22 17:40:30 -07:00
rose net: rose: fix invalid array index in rose_kill_by_device() 2025-12-30 11:45:51 +01:00
rxrpc rxrpc: Fix data-race warning and potential load/store tearing 2026-01-21 19:59:29 -08:00
sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2026-02-05 09:54:08 -08:00
sctp sctp: move SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY right after SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT 2026-01-17 15:10:34 -08:00
shaper tools: ynl-gen: add regeneration comment 2025-11-25 19:20:42 -08:00
smc Revert "net/smc: Introduce TCP ULP support" 2026-01-30 19:21:51 -08:00
strparser Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-11-13 12:35:38 -08:00
sunrpc nfsd-6.19 fixes: 2025-12-24 09:23:04 -08:00
switchdev
tipc tipc: use kfree_sensitive() for session key material 2026-02-02 17:46:51 -08:00
tls Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-10-31 06:46:03 -07:00
unix net: do not write to msg_get_inq in callee 2026-01-08 08:45:13 -08:00
vmw_vsock vmw_vsock: bypass false-positive Wnonnull warning with gcc-16 2026-02-04 18:40:31 -08:00
wireless wifi: cfg80211: add initial UHR support 2026-02-02 10:11:07 +01:00
x25 net: Convert proto_ops connect() callbacks to use sockaddr_unsized 2025-11-04 19:10:32 -08:00
xdp Revert "Merge branch 'netkit-support-for-io_uring-zero-copy-and-af_xdp'" 2026-01-20 18:06:01 -08:00
xfrm xfrm: set ipv4 no_pmtu_disc flag only on output sa when direction is set 2025-12-15 11:06:25 +01:00
compat.c socket: Unify getsockname and getpeername implementation 2025-11-26 13:45:23 -07:00
devres.c
Kconfig net: Kconfig: discourage drop_monitor enablement 2025-10-17 16:29:26 -07:00
Kconfig.debug
Makefile psp: base PSP device support 2025-09-18 12:32:06 +02:00
socket.c vfs-6.19-rc1.fixes 2025-12-05 15:52:30 -08:00
sysctl_net.c