Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: add XDP support

From: Ilias Apalodimas
Date: Fri Apr 19 2019 - 15:13:00 EST


Hi Ivan,

> +static struct page *cpsw_alloc_page(struct cpsw_common *cpsw)
> +{
> + struct page_pool *pool = cpsw->rx_page_pool;
> + struct page *page;
> + int i = 0;
> +
> + do {
> + page = page_pool_dev_alloc_pages(pool);
> + if (!page)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + /* skip pages used by skb netstack */
I think the comment here is wrong and might confuse people.
The page ref cnt is 1, which means the packet was *processed* and netstack is
done with it, hence you can re-use it.
If it's !=1 then you correctly unmap the buffer and decrease the ref cnt, so it
will eventually be freed and not returned to the pool, right?
> + if (page_ref_count(page) == 1)
> + break;
> +
> + /* it's a pitty, but free page */
> + page_pool_recycle_direct(pool, page);
> + } while (++i < descs_pool_size);
> +
> + return page;
> +}
> +

/Ilias