netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 13/15] net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Use KSMs instead of KLMs

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Message-ID: <20240529182316.1383db91@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 18:23:16 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, Gal Pressman
 <gal@...dia.com>, Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>, Yoray Zack
 <yorayz@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 13/15] net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Use KSMs instead of
 KLMs

On Tue, 28 May 2024 17:28:05 +0300 Tariq Toukan wrote:
> KSM Mkey is KLM Mkey with a fixed buffer size. Due to this fact,
> it is a faster mechanism than KLM.
> 
> SHAMPO feature used KLMs Mkeys for memory mappings of its headers buffer.
> As it used KLMs with the same buffer size for each entry,
> we can use KSMs instead.
> 
> This commit changes the Mkeys that map the SHAMPO headers buffer
> from KLMs to KSMs.

Any references for understanding what KSM and KLM stand for?