[PATCH net-next v2 00/15] net: stmmac: clean up descriptor handling part 1

Russell King (Oracle) linux at armlinux.org.uk
Thu Mar 12 03:07:22 PDT 2026


Hi,

Part 1 of cleaning up the stmmac descriptor handling. Rearrange the
struct stmmac_tx_info to pack better, and introduce helpers for
duplicated code handing the transmit and receive descriptors. Remove
unnecessary struct members that are only transitorily used.

 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_descs.c |   2 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac.h       |   8 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c  | 458 +++++++++------------
 3 files changed, 195 insertions(+), 273 deletions(-)

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