Referring to patch [1], in order to support multiple users referencing the same fragment and prevent overflow from pp_ref_count growing, the initial value of pp_ref_count is halved, leaving room for pp_ref_count to increment before the page is drained. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211009093724.10539-3-linyunsheng@xxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Liang Chen <liangchen.linux@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/core/page_pool.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/page_pool.c b/net/core/page_pool.c index 0c6c2b11aabe..24b83dfe6968 100644 --- a/net/core/page_pool.c +++ b/net/core/page_pool.c @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ #define DEFER_TIME (msecs_to_jiffies(1000)) #define DEFER_WARN_INTERVAL (60 * HZ) -#define BIAS_MAX LONG_MAX +#define BIAS_MAX (LONG_MAX >> 1) #ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL_STATS /* alloc_stat_inc is intended to be used in softirq context */ -- 2.31.1