On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 7:01 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 02:11:14 +0000 Shakeel Butt wrote: > > > From my POV it has to be the first one. We want to abstract the memory > > > type from the drivers as much as possible, not introduce N new memory > > > types and ask the driver to implement new code for each of them > > > separately. > > > > Agree with Mina's point. Let's aim to decouple memory types from > > drivers. > > What does "decouple" mean? Drivers should never convert netmem > to pages. Either a path in the driver can deal with netmem, > i.e. never touch the payload, or it needs pages. "Decouple" might not be the right word. What I wanted to say was to avoid too much specialization such that we have to have a new API for every new fancy thing. > > Perhaps we should aim to not export netmem_to_page(), > prevent modules from accessing it directly. +1.
