netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 5/5] net: page_pool: simplify page recycling condition tests

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Date:   Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:48:28 +0000
From:   Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@...me>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@...me>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
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        Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
        Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
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        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 5/5] net: page_pool: simplify page recycling condition tests

From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:23:48 +0000

> On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 12:12:11PM +0000, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> > pool_page_reusable() is a leftover from pre-NUMA-aware times. For now,
> > this function is just a redundant wrapper over page_is_pfmemalloc(),
> > so inline it into its sole call site.
> 
> Why doesn't this want to use {dev_}page_is_reusable()?

Page Pool handles NUMA on its own. Replacing plain page_is_pfmemalloc()
with dev_page_is_reusable() will only add a completely redundant and
always-false check on the fastpath.

Al