netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] ionic: clean up page handling code

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Date:   Mon, 31 Aug 2020 21:19:01 -0700
From:   Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, neel@...sando.io
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] ionic: clean up page handling code



On 8/31/20 5:14 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:35:54 -0700
>
>> @@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *ionic_rx_frags(struct ionic_queue *q,
>>   		frag_len = min(len, (u16)PAGE_SIZE);
>>   		len -= frag_len;
>>   
>> +		dma_sync_single_for_cpu(dev, dma_unmap_addr(page_info, dma_addr),
>> +					len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
>>   		dma_unmap_page(dev, dma_unmap_addr(page_info, dma_addr),
>>   			       PAGE_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
>>   		skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags,
> The unmap operation performs a sync, if necessary, for you.
>
> That's the pattern of usage:
>
> 	map();
> 	device read/write memory
> 	unmap();
>
> That's it, no more, no less.
>
> The time to use sync is when you want to maintain the mapping and keep
> using it.

Thanks, I'll drop that part.
sln