linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 03/12] mm: Make the page_frag_cache allocator alignment param a pow-of-2

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Date:   Fri, 16 Jun 2023 16:28:29 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Alexander H Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 03/12] mm: Make the page_frag_cache allocator alignment param a pow-of-2

Alexander H Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com> wrote:

> The requirement should only be cache alignment, not power of 2
> alignment.

Sure, but, upstream, page_frag_alloc_align() allows the specification of an
alignment and applies that alignment by:

	offset &= align_mask;

which doesn't really make sense unless the alignment boils down to being a
power of two.  Now, it might make sense to kill off the align_mask parameter
and just go with SMP_CACHE_BYTES (which will be a power of two).

Note, though, that most users seem to use an align_mask of ~0u which feels a
bit dodgy (it's not an unsigned long), but is probably fine.

David