Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] net: xdp: introduce bulking for xdp tx return path

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> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 11:23:04AM +0100, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> > > Hi Lorenzo,
> > 
> > Hi Ilias,
> > 
> > thx for the review.
> > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 08:04:07PM +0100, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > > > +void xdp_return_frame_bulk(struct xdp_frame *xdpf,
> > > > +			   struct xdp_frame_bulk *bq)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	struct xdp_mem_info *mem = &xdpf->mem;
> > > > +	struct xdp_mem_allocator *xa, *nxa;
> > > > +
> > > > +	if (mem->type != MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL) {
> > > > +		__xdp_return(xdpf->data, &xdpf->mem, false);
> > > > +		return;
> > > > +	}
> > > > +
> > > > +	rcu_read_lock();
> > > > +
> > > > +	xa = bq->xa;
> > > > +	if (unlikely(!xa || mem->id != xa->mem.id)) {
> > > 
> > > Why is this marked as unlikely? The driver passes it as NULL. Should unlikely be
> > > checked on both xa and the comparison?
> > 
> > xa is NULL only for the first xdp_frame in the burst while it is set for
> > subsequent ones. Do you think it is better to remove it?
> 
> Ah correct, missed the general context of the driver this runs in.
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > > +		nxa = rhashtable_lookup(mem_id_ht, &mem->id, mem_id_rht_params);
> > > 
> > > Is there a chance nxa can be NULL?
> > 
> > I do not think so since the page_pool is not destroyed while there are
> > in-flight pages, right?
> 
> I think so but I am not 100% sure. I'll apply the patch and have a closer look

ack, thx. I converted socionext driver to bulking APIs but I have not posted the
patch since I have not been able to test it. The code is available here:

https://github.com/LorenzoBianconi/net-next/commit/88c2995bca051fa38860acf7b915c90768460d37

Regards,
Lorenzo

> 
> Cheers
> /Ilias

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