On Wed, 16 Aug 2023 09:13:48 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 5:40 PM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:50:23 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 2:32 PM Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi, Jason
> > > >
> > > > Could you skip this patch?
> > >
> > > I'm fine with either merging or dropping this.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Let we review other patches firstly?
> > >
> > > I will be on vacation soon, and won't have time to do this until next week.
> >
> > Have a happly vacation.
> >
> > >
> > > But I spot two possible "issues":
> > >
> > > 1) the DMA metadata were stored in the headroom of the page, this
> > > breaks frags coalescing, we need to benchmark it's impact
> >
> > Not every page, just the first page of the COMP pages.
> >
> > So I think there is no impact.
>
> Nope, see this:
>
> if (SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER &&
> !static_branch_unlikely(&net_high_order_alloc_disable_key)) {
> /* Avoid direct reclaim but allow kswapd to wake */
> pfrag->page = alloc_pages((gfp & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) |
> __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN |
> __GFP_NORETRY,
> SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER);
> if (likely(pfrag->page)) {
> pfrag->size = PAGE_SIZE << SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER;
> return true;
> }
> }
>
> The comp page might be disabled due to the SKB_FRAG_PAGE_ORDER and
> net_high_order_alloc_disable_key.
YES.
But if comp page is disabled. Then we only get one page each time. The pages are
not contiguous, so we don't have frags coalescing.
If you mean the two pages got from alloc_page may be contiguous. The coalescing
may then be broken. It's a possibility, but I think the impact will be small.
Thanks.
>
> >
> >
> > > 2) pre mapped DMA addresses were not reused in the case of XDP_TX/XDP_REDIRECT
> >
> > Because that the tx is not the premapped mode.
>
> Yes, we can optimize this on top.
>
> Thanks
>
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > >
> > > I see Michael has merge this series so I'm fine to let it go first.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
