linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mana: Add page pool for RX buffers

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Message-ID: <20230713205326.5f960907@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:53:26 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mana: Add page pool for RX buffers

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:48:45 +0000 Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> Add page pool for RX buffers for faster buffer cycle and reduce CPU
> usage.
> 
> Get an extra ref count of a page after allocation, so after upper
> layers put the page, it's still referenced by the pool. We can reuse
> it as RX buffer without alloc a new page.

Please use the real page_pool API from include/net/page_pool.h
We've moved past every driver reinventing the wheel, sorry.
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