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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:01:26 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v1 4/4] net: page_pool: use netmem_t
instead of struct page in API
On Fri, 15 Dec 2023 02:11:14 +0000 Shakeel Butt wrote:
> > From my POV it has to be the first one. We want to abstract the memory
> > type from the drivers as much as possible, not introduce N new memory
> > types and ask the driver to implement new code for each of them
> > separately.
>
> Agree with Mina's point. Let's aim to decouple memory types from
> drivers.
What does "decouple" mean? Drivers should never convert netmem
to pages. Either a path in the driver can deal with netmem,
i.e. never touch the payload, or it needs pages.
Perhaps we should aim to not export netmem_to_page(),
prevent modules from accessing it directly.
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