netdev - [PATCH net-next 1/2] page_pool: use relexed atomic for release side accounting

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Message-ID: <1629425195-10130-2-git-send-email-linyunsheng@huawei.com>
Date:   Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:06:34 +0800
From:   Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@...wei.com>
To:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     <hawk@...nel.org>, <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/2] page_pool: use relexed atomic for release side accounting

There is no need to synchronize the account updating, so
use the relexed atomic to avoid some memory barrier in the
data path.

Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@...wei.com>
---
 net/core/page_pool.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/page_pool.c b/net/core/page_pool.c
index e140905..1a69784 100644
--- a/net/core/page_pool.c
+++ b/net/core/page_pool.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ void page_pool_release_page(struct page_pool *pool, struct page *page)
 	/* This may be the last page returned, releasing the pool, so
 	 * it is not safe to reference pool afterwards.
 	 */
-	count = atomic_inc_return(&pool->pages_state_release_cnt);
+	count = atomic_inc_return_relaxed(&pool->pages_state_release_cnt);
 	trace_page_pool_state_release(pool, page, count);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_pool_release_page);
-- 
2.7.4