> -----Original Message----- > From: Paolo Abeni [mailto:pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, February 29, 2024 6:43 PM > To: wangyunjian <wangyunjian@xxxxxxxxxx>; mst@xxxxxxxxxx; > willemdebruijn.kernel@xxxxxxxxx; jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx; kuba@xxxxxxxxxx; > bjorn@xxxxxxxxxx; magnus.karlsson@xxxxxxxxx; maciej.fijalkowski@xxxxxxxxx; > jonathan.lemon@xxxxxxxxx; davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; xudingke <xudingke@xxxxxxxxxx>; liwei (DT) > <liwei395@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/3] xsk: Remove non-zero 'dma_page' check in > xp_assign_dev > > On Wed, 2024-02-28 at 19:05 +0800, Yunjian Wang wrote: > > Now dma mappings are used by the physical NICs. However the vNIC maybe > > do not need them. So remove non-zero 'dma_page' check in > > xp_assign_dev. > > > > Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <wangyunjian@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c | 7 ------- > > 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c b/net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c index > > ce60ecd48a4d..a5af75b1f43c 100644 > > --- a/net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c > > +++ b/net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c > > @@ -219,16 +219,9 @@ int xp_assign_dev(struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, > > if (err) > > goto err_unreg_pool; > > > > - if (!pool->dma_pages) { > > - WARN(1, "Driver did not DMA map zero-copy buffers"); > > - err = -EINVAL; > > - goto err_unreg_xsk; > > - } > > This would unconditionally remove an otherwise valid check for most NIC. What > about let the driver declare it wont need DMA map with a > (pool?) flag. This check is redundant. The NIC's driver determines whether a DMA map is required. If the NIC'driver requires the DMA map, it uses the xsk_pool_dma_map function, which initializes the DMA map and performs a check. Thanks > > Cheers, > > Paolo
