Linux for Alpha: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v8 02/14] net: page_pool: create hooks for custom page providers

Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v8 02/14] net: page_pool: create hooks for custom page providers

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To: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>

Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v8 02/14] net: page_pool: create hooks for custom page providers

From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 00:54:41 -0700

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Still NAK to creating aⅺbitrary hooks here.  This should be a page or
dmabuf pool and not an indirect call abstraction allowing random
crap to hook into it.