On Fri, 31 May 2019 19:25:24 +0300 Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 05:46:43PM +0200, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote: > > > >From below code snippets, it looks like you only allocated 1 page_pool > >and sharing it with several RX-queues, as I don't have the full context > >and don't know this driver, I might be wrong? > > > >To be clear, a page_pool object is needed per RX-queue, as it is > >accessing a small RX page cache (which protected by NAPI/softirq). > > There is one RX interrupt and one RX NAPI for all rx channels. So, what are you saying? You _are_ sharing the page_pool between several RX-channels, but it is safe because this hardware only have one RX interrupt + NAPI instance?? -- Best regards, Jesper Dangaard Brouer MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
