linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/18] mlx5: use netmem descriptor and APIs for page pool

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Message-ID: <20250526081247.GA47983@system.software.com>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 17:12:47 +0900
From: Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com>
To: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/18] mlx5: use netmem descriptor and APIs for page pool

On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 12:08:58PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 10:13:27AM -0700, Mina Almasry wrote:
> > On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com> wrote:
> > >
> > > To simplify struct page, the effort to seperate its own descriptor from
> > > struct page is required and the work for page pool is on going.
> > >
> > > Use netmem descriptor and APIs for page pool in mlx5 code.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com>
> > 
> > Just FYI, you're racing with Nvidia adding netmem support to mlx5 as
> > well. Probably they prefer to take their patch. So try to rebase on
> > top of that maybe? Up to you.
> > 
> > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/1747950086-1246773-9-git-send-email-tariqt@nvidia.com/
> > 
> > I also wonder if you should send this through the net-next tree, since
> > it seem to race with changes that are going to land in net-next soon.
> > Up to you, I don't have any strong preference. But if you do send to
> > net-next, there are a bunch of extra rules to keep in mind:
> > 
> > https://docs.kernel.org/process/maintainer-netdev.html

It looks like I have to wait for net-next to reopen, maybe until the
next -rc1 released..  Right?  However, I can see some patches posted now.
Hm..

	Byungchul
> 
> I can send to net-next, but is it okay even if it's more than 15 patches?
> 
> 	Byungchul
> > 
> > -- 
> > Thanks,
> > Mina