Re: [PATCH net-next v1] net: page_pool: add page_pool_put_page_nosync()

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Hi Jakub

On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 at 16:24, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:11:38 +0800 Guowei Dang wrote:
> > Add page_pool_put_page_nosync() to respond to dma_sync_size being 0.
> >
> > The purpose of this is to make the semantics more obvious and may
> > enable removing some checkings in the future.
> >
> > And in the long term, treating the nosync scenario separately provides
> > more flexibility for the user and enable removing of the
> > PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV in the future.
> >
> > Since we do have a page_pool_put_full_page(), adding a variant for
> > the nosync seems reasonable.
>
> You should provide an upstream user with the API.
> But IMHO this just complicates the already very large API,
> for little benefit.

+1000, I think the API has grown more than it has to and we now have
way too many abstractions.

I'll try to find some time and see if I can come up with a cleanup
that makes sense

Thanks
/Ilias
> I'm going to leave this in patchwork for a day in case page
> pool maintainers disagree, but I vote "no".




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