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Subject: [PATCH net-next v9 0/8] Split netmem from struct page

Hi all,

The MM subsystem is trying to reduce struct page to a single pointer.
See the following link for your information:

   https://kernelnewbies.org/MatthewWilcox/Memdescs/Path

The first step towards that is splitting struct page by its individual
users, as has already been done with folio and slab.  This patchset does
that for page pool.

Matthew Wilcox tried and stopped the same work, you can see in:

   https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20230111042214.907030-1-willy@infradead.org/

I focused on removing the page pool members in struct page this time,
not moving the allocation code of page pool from net to mm.  It can be
done later if needed.

The final patch removing the page pool fields will be posted once all
the converting of page to netmem are done:

   1. converting use of the pp fields in struct page in prueth_swdata.
   2. converting use of the pp fields in struct page in freescale driver.

For our discussion, I'm sharing what the final patch looks like, in this
cover letter.

	Byungchul
--8<--
commit 1847d9890f798456b21ccb27aac7545303048492
Author: Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com>
Date:   Wed May 28 20:44:55 2025 +0900

    mm, netmem: remove the page pool members in struct page
    
    Now that all the users of the page pool members in struct page have been
    gone, the members can be removed from struct page.
    
    However, since struct netmem_desc still uses the space in struct page,
    the important offsets should be checked properly, until struct
    netmem_desc has its own instance from slab.
    
    Remove the page pool members in struct page and modify static checkers
    for the offsets.
    
    Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com>

diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 32ba5126e221..db2fe0d0ebbf 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -120,17 +120,6 @@ struct page {
 			 */
 			unsigned long private;
 		};
-		struct {	/* page_pool used by netstack */
-			/**
-			 * @pp_magic: magic value to avoid recycling non
-			 * page_pool allocated pages.
-			 */
-			unsigned long pp_magic;
-			struct page_pool *pp;
-			unsigned long _pp_mapping_pad;
-			unsigned long dma_addr;
-			atomic_long_t pp_ref_count;
-		};
 		struct {	/* Tail pages of compound page */
 			unsigned long compound_head;	/* Bit zero is set */
 		};
diff --git a/include/net/netmem.h b/include/net/netmem.h
index 8f354ae7d5c3..3414f184d018 100644
--- a/include/net/netmem.h
+++ b/include/net/netmem.h
@@ -42,11 +42,8 @@ struct netmem_desc {
 	static_assert(offsetof(struct page, pg) == \
 		      offsetof(struct netmem_desc, desc))
 NETMEM_DESC_ASSERT_OFFSET(flags, _flags);
-NETMEM_DESC_ASSERT_OFFSET(pp_magic, pp_magic);
-NETMEM_DESC_ASSERT_OFFSET(pp, pp);
-NETMEM_DESC_ASSERT_OFFSET(_pp_mapping_pad, _pp_mapping_pad);
-NETMEM_DESC_ASSERT_OFFSET(dma_addr, dma_addr);
-NETMEM_DESC_ASSERT_OFFSET(pp_ref_count, pp_ref_count);
+NETMEM_DESC_ASSERT_OFFSET(lru, pp_magic);
+NETMEM_DESC_ASSERT_OFFSET(mapping, _pp_mapping_pad);
 #undef NETMEM_DESC_ASSERT_OFFSET
 
 /*
---
Changes from v8:
	1. Rebase on net-next/main as of Jul 10.
	2. Exclude non-controversial patches that have already been
	   merged to net-next.
	3. Re-add the patches that focus on removing accessing the page
	   pool fields in struct page.
	4. Add utility APIs e.g. casting, to use struct netmem_desc as
	   descriptor, to support __netmem_get_pp() that has started to
	   be used again e.g. by libeth.

Changes from v7 (no actual updates):
	1. Exclude "netmem: introduce struct netmem_desc mirroring
	   struct page" that might be controversial.
	2. Exclude "netmem: introduce a netmem API,
	   virt_to_head_netmem()" since there are no users.

Changes from v6 (no actual updates):
	1. Rebase on net-next/main as of Jun 25.
	2. Supplement a comment describing struct net_iov.
	3. Exclude a controversial patch, "page_pool: access ->pp_magic
	   through struct netmem_desc in page_pool_page_is_pp()".
	4. Exclude "netmem: remove __netmem_get_pp()" since the API
	   started to be used again by libeth.

Changes from v5 (no actual updates):
	1. Rebase on net-next/main as of Jun 20.
	2. Add given 'Reviewed-by's and 'Acked-by's, thanks to all.
	3. Add missing cc's.

Changes from v4:
	1. Add given 'Reviewed-by's, thanks to all.
	2. Exclude potentially controversial patches.

Changes from v3:
	1. Relocates ->owner and ->type of net_iov out of netmem_desc
	   and make them be net_iov specific.
	2. Remove __force when casting struct page to struct netmem_desc.

Changes from v2:
	1. Introduce a netmem API, virt_to_head_netmem(), and use it
	   when it's needed.
	2. Introduce struct netmem_desc as a new struct and union'ed
	   with the existing fields in struct net_iov.
	3. Make page_pool_page_is_pp() access ->pp_magic through struct
	   netmem_desc instead of struct page.
	4. Move netmem alloc APIs from include/net/netmem.h to
	   net/core/netmem_priv.h.
	5. Apply trivial feedbacks, thanks to Mina, Pavel, and Toke.
	6. Add given 'Reviewed-by's, thanks to Mina.

Changes from v1:
	1. Rebase on net-next's main as of May 26.
	2. Check checkpatch.pl, feedbacked by SJ Park.
	3. Add converting of page to netmem in mt76.
	4. Revert 'mlx5: use netmem descriptor and APIs for page pool'
	   since it's on-going by Tariq Toukan.  I will wait for his
	   work to be done.
	5. Revert 'page_pool: use netmem APIs to access page->pp_magic
	   in page_pool_page_is_pp()' since we need more discussion.
	6. Revert 'mm, netmem: remove the page pool members in struct
	   page' since there are some prerequisite works to remove the
	   page pool fields from struct page.  I can submit this patch
	   separatedly later.
	7. Cancel relocating a page pool member in struct page.
	8. Modify static assert for offests and size of struct
	   netmem_desc.

Changes from rfc:
	1. Rebase on net-next's main branch.
	   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next.git/
	2. Fix a build error reported by kernel test robot.
	   https://lore.kernel.org/all/202505100932.uzAMBW1y-lkp@intel.com/
	3. Add given 'Reviewed-by's, thanks to Mina and Ilias.
	4. Do static_assert() on the size of struct netmem_desc instead
	   of placing place-holder in struct page, feedbacked by
	   Matthew.
	5. Do struct_group_tagged(netmem_desc) on struct net_iov instead
	   of wholly renaming it to strcut netmem_desc, feedbacked by
	   Mina and Pavel.

Byungchul Park (8):
  netmem: introduce struct netmem_desc mirroring struct page
  netmem: introduce utility APIs to use struct netmem_desc
  page_pool: access ->pp_magic through struct netmem_desc in
    page_pool_page_is_pp()
  netmem: use netmem_desc instead of page to access ->pp in
    __netmem_get_pp()
  netmem: introduce a netmem API, virt_to_head_netmem()
  mlx4: use netmem descriptor and APIs for page pool
  netdevsim: use netmem descriptor and APIs for page pool
  mt76: use netmem descriptor and APIs for page pool

 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c    |  48 ++---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c    |   8 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h  |   4 +-
 drivers/net/netdevsim/netdev.c                |  19 +-
 drivers/net/netdevsim/netdevsim.h             |   2 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c      |   6 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt76.h     |  12 +-
 .../net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/sdio_txrx.c    |  24 +--
 drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/usb.c      |  10 +-
 include/linux/mm.h                            |  12 --
 include/net/netmem.h                          | 183 +++++++++++++++---
 mm/page_alloc.c                               |   1 +
 12 files changed, 231 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-)


base-commit: c65d34296b2252897e37835d6007bbd01b255742
-- 
2.17.1

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