netdev - Re: [RFC v4 16/18] netmem: introduce a netmem API, virt_to_head

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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 12:43:42 -0700
From: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>
To: Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC v4 16/18] netmem: introduce a netmem API, virt_to_head_netmem()

On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com> wrote:
>
> To eliminate the use of struct page in page pool, the page pool code
> should use netmem descriptor and APIs instead.
>
> As part of the work, introduce a netmem API to convert a virtual address
> to a head netmem allowing the code to use it rather than the existing
> API, virt_to_head_page() for struct page.
>
> Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com>
> ---
>  include/net/netmem.h | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/net/netmem.h b/include/net/netmem.h
> index d4066fcb1fee..d84ab624b489 100644
> --- a/include/net/netmem.h
> +++ b/include/net/netmem.h
> @@ -265,6 +265,13 @@ static inline netmem_ref netmem_compound_head(netmem_ref netmem)
>         return page_to_netmem(compound_head(netmem_to_page(netmem)));
>  }
>
> +static inline netmem_ref virt_to_head_netmem(const void *x)
> +{
> +       netmem_ref netmem = virt_to_netmem(x);
> +
> +       return netmem_compound_head(netmem);
> +}
> +

I would squash with the patch that first calls this to shrink the
series, but anyway:

Reviewed-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>

-- 
Thanks,
Mina