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Date:   Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:08:31 +0100
From:   Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:     Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: page_pool: API cleanup and comments

On Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:46:08 +0200
Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 08:41:33AM +0100, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> > On Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:28:49 +0200
> > Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org> wrote:
> >   
> > > diff --git a/include/net/page_pool.h b/include/net/page_pool.h
> > > index cfbed00ba7ee..7c1f23930035 100644
> > > --- a/include/net/page_pool.h
> > > +++ b/include/net/page_pool.h
> > > @@ -162,39 +162,33 @@ static inline void page_pool_use_xdp_mem(struct page_pool *pool,
> > >  }
> > >  #endif
> > >  
> > > -/* Never call this directly, use helpers below */
> > > -void __page_pool_put_page(struct page_pool *pool, struct page *page,
> > > -			  unsigned int dma_sync_size, bool allow_direct);
> > > +void page_pool_release_page(struct page_pool *pool, struct page *page);
> > >  
> > > -static inline void page_pool_put_page(struct page_pool *pool,
> > > -				      struct page *page, bool allow_direct)
> > > +/* If the page refcnt == 1, this will try to recycle the page.
> > > + * if PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV is set, it will try to sync the DMA area for
> > > + * the configured size min(dma_sync_size, pool->max_len).
> > > + * If the page refcnt != page will be returned  
> > 
> > Is this last comment line fully formed?  
> 
> Yes, but that dosen't mena it makes sense!
> Maybe i should switch the last sentence to sometning like:
> "If the page refcnt != 1, page will be returned to memory subsystem" ?

Yes, that sounds better.

-- 
Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer