linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3,net-next, 2/4] net: mana: Refactor RX buffer allocation code to prepare for various MTU

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Message-ID: <20230413094003.3fa4cd8c@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:40:03 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
Cc:     Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V3,net-next, 2/4] net: mana: Refactor RX buffer
 allocation code to prepare for various MTU

On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 19:30:59 +0300 Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > So the page pool is optimized for the XDP, and that sentence is applicable to drivers
> > that have set up page pool for XDP optimization.  
> 
> "but it can fallback on the regular page allocator APIs."

The XDP thing is historic AFAIU, page_pool has been expanded to cover
all uses cases, and is "just better" (tm) than using page allocator
directly. Maybe we should update the doc.