netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: fec: add initial XDP support

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Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2022 03:33:54 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Shenwei Wang <shenwei.wang@....com>
Cc:     Joakim Zhang <qiangqing.zhang@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        imx@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: fec: add initial XDP support

On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 10:25:09AM -0500, Shenwei Wang wrote:
> This patch adds the initial XDP support to Freescale driver. It supports
> XDP_PASS, XDP_DROP and XDP_REDIRECT actions. Upcoming patches will add
> support for XDP_TX and Zero Copy features.
> 
> This patch also optimizes the RX buffers by using the page pool, which
> uses one frame per page for easy management. In the future, it can be
> further improved to use two frames per page.

Please could you split this patch up. It is rather large and hard to
review. I think you can first add support for the page pool, and then
add XDP support, for example. 

I would be interesting to see how the page pool helps performance for
normal traffic, since that is what most people use it for. And for a
range of devices, since we need to make sure it does not cause any
regressions for older devices.

	    Andrew