Re: [PATCH v5 RFC 0/6] introduce page_pool_alloc() API

From: Yunsheng Lin
Date: Fri Jun 30 2023 - 07:57:51 EST


On 2023/6/29 22:26, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
>> v5 RFC: add a new page_pool_cache_alloc() API, and other minor
>> change as discussed in v4. As there seems to be three
>> comsumers that might be made use of the new API, so
>> repost it as RFC and CC the relevant authors to see
>> if the new API fits their need.
>
> Tested v5 against my latest tree, no regressions, perf is even a bit
> better than it was. That also might've come from that net-next pulled
> Linus' tree with a good bunch of PRs already merged, or from v4 -> v5
> update.

v4 -> v5 is mostly about adding the page pool cache API, so I believe the
perf improvement is from the net-next pull:)

>
> Re consumers, I'm planning to send the RFC series with IAVF as a
> consumer on Monday (and a couple generic Page Pool improvements today,
> will see).

Thanks.