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Message-ID: <20260128151944-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:19:54 -0500
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To: Vishwanath Seshagiri <vishs@...a.com>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	David Wei <dw@...idwei.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] virtio_net: add page_pool support

On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 09:23:46PM -0800, Vishwanath Seshagiri wrote:
> On 1/7/26 12:28 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 02:19:22PM -0800, Vishwanath Seshagiri wrote:
> > > Introduce page_pool support in virtio_net driver in order to recycle
> > > pages in RX buffer allocation and avoid reallocating through the page
> > > allocator. This applies to mergeable and small buffer modes.
> > > 
> > > The patch has been tested using the included selftests and additional
> > > edge case scripts covering device unbind/bind cycles, rapid interface
> > > open/close, traffic during close, ethtool stress with feature toggling,
> > > close with pending refill work, and data integrity verification.
> > 
> > 
> > Yay! thanks for working on this!
> > Could you share perf data please?
> > After all, page pool is an optimization.
> 
> Thanks! I'll add benchmark numbers in v2 of the patch.

This never came, or did I miss it?

> Beyond performance, page pool support is pre requisite for enabling
> memory provider based zero copy implementations in virtio_net such as
> devmem TCP and io-uring ZCRX. These features require the driver to use
> page pools for buffer management. I'll update the cover letter to make
> this motivation clearer.
> 
> > 
> > 
> > > Vishwanath Seshagiri (2):
> > >    virtio_net: add page pool support for buffer allocation
> > >    selftests: virtio_net: add buffer circulation test
> > > 
> > >   drivers/net/virtio_net.c                      | 246 +++++++++++++++---
> > >   .../drivers/net/virtio_net/basic_features.sh  |  70 +++++
> > >   2 files changed, 275 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 2.47.3
> >