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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
	Eddie Phillips <eddiephillips@google.com>,
	Jordan Rhee <jordanrhee@google.com>,
	Harshitha Ramamurthy <hramamurthy@google.com>,
	Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.6.y] gve: fix Rx queue stall on alloc failure
Date: Sat,  1 Aug 2026 18:13:23 -0400
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On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 08:59:25AM -0700, Eddie Phillips wrote:
> 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

Queued for 6.6, thanks.

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Thanks,
Sasha