linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v10 02/14] net: page_pool: create hooks for custom page providers

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Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 14:45:55 +0100
From: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v10 02/14] net: page_pool: create hooks for
 custom page providers

On 6/5/24 09:24, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 03, 2024 at 03:52:32PM +0100, Pavel Begunkov wrote:
>> The question for Christoph is what exactly is the objection here? Why we
>> would not be using well defined ops when we know there will be more
>> users?
> 
> The point is that there should be no more users.  If you need another

Does that "No more" stops after devmem tcp? Or after io_uring
proposal? For the latter I explained why io_uring has to do it
for good design and that's it's not even related to the memory
type used.

> case you are doing something very wrong.

That's not a very illuminating answer

-- 
Pavel Begunkov