On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:16:21 +0200 Lorenzo Bianconi wrote: > @@ -727,17 +729,21 @@ static int veth_convert_skb_to_xdp_buff(struct veth_rq *rq, > goto drop; > > /* Allocate skb head */ > - page = alloc_page(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN); > + if (rq->page_pool) There's some condition under which we can get to XDP enabled but no pool? > + page = page_pool_dev_alloc_pages(rq->page_pool); > if (!page) > goto drop; > > nskb = build_skb(page_address(page), PAGE_SIZE); > if (!nskb) { > - put_page(page); > + page_pool_put_full_page(rq->page_pool, page, false); You can recycle direct, AFAIU the basic rule of thumb is that it's always safe to recycle direct from the context which allocates from the pool. > goto drop; > } > > skb_reserve(nskb, VETH_XDP_HEADROOM); > + skb_copy_header(nskb, skb); > + skb_mark_for_recycle(nskb); > + > size = min_t(u32, skb->len, max_head_size); > if (skb_copy_bits(skb, 0, nskb->data, size)) { > consume_skb(nskb); > @@ -745,16 +751,17 @@ static int veth_convert_skb_to_xdp_buff(struct veth_rq *rq, > } > skb_put(nskb, size); > > - skb_copy_header(nskb, skb); > head_off = skb_headroom(nskb) - skb_headroom(skb); > skb_headers_offset_update(nskb, head_off); > > /* Allocate paged area of new skb */ > off = size; > len = skb->len - off; > + page = NULL; Why do you clear the page pointer? -- pw-bot: cr