netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/6] page_pool: a couple of assorted optimizations

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Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 18:21:21 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet
 <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Maciej Fijalkowski
 <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>, Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@...el.com>,
 Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@...wei.com>, Alexander Duyck
 <alexanderduyck@...com>, Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>, Ilias
 Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org>, Simon Horman
 <simon.horman@...igine.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/6] page_pool: a couple of assorted
 optimizations

On Thu,  3 Aug 2023 20:20:32 +0200 Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> That initially was a spin-off of the IAVF PP series[0], but has grown
> (and shrunk) since then a bunch. In fact, it consists of three
> semi-independent blocks:
> 
> * #1-2: Compile-time optimization. Split page_pool.h into 2 headers to
>   not overbloat the consumers not needing complex inline helpers and
>   then stop including it in skbuff.h at all. The first patch is also
>   prereq for the whole series.
> * #3: Improve cacheline locality for users of the Page Pool frag API.
> * #4-6: Use direct cache recycling more aggressively, when it is safe
>   obviously. In addition, make sure nobody wants to use Page Pool API
>   with disabled interrupts.
> 
> Patches #1 and #5 are authored by Yunsheng and Jakub respectively, with
> small modifications from my side as per ML discussions.
> For the perf numbers for #3-6, please see individual commit messages.

Our scheming didn't help much, the series also conflicts
with the net/xdp.h includes which came in via bpf-next :(
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