Re: [PATCH net-next v4 2/4] page_pool: Allow drivers to hint on SKB recycling

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> > Since we added an extra argument on __skb_frag_unref() to handle
> > recycling, update the current users of the function with that.
> 
> This part could be done with a preliminary patch, only adding this
> extra boolean, this would keep the 'complex' patch smaller.

Sure 

[...]
> >  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> >  #include <trace/events/skb.h>
> > @@ -645,6 +648,11 @@ static void skb_free_head(struct sk_buff *skb)
> >  {
> >  	unsigned char *head = skb->head;
> >  
> > +#if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_PAGE_POOL)
> 
> Why IS_BUILTIN() ? 

No reason, we'll replace it with an ifdef

> 
> PAGE_POOL is either y or n
> 
> IS_ENABLED() would look better, since we use IS_BUILTIN() for the cases where a module might be used.
> 
> Or simply #ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL
> 
> > +	if (skb->pp_recycle && page_pool_return_skb_page(head))
> 
> This probably should be attempted only in the (skb->head_frag) case ?

I think the extra check makes sense.

> 
> Also this patch misses pskb_expand_head()

I am not sure I am following. Misses what? pskb_expand_head() will either
call skb_release_data() or skb_free_head(), which would either recycle or
unmap the buffer for us (depending on the page refcnt)

[...]

Thanks
/Ilias



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