netdev - Re: [PATCH net] netlink: specs: netdev: clarify the page pool API a little

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Message-ID: <m2y0mcguzu.fsf@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:27:17 +0000
From: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,  netdev@...r.kernel.org,  edumazet@...gle.com,
  pabeni@...hat.com,  andrew+netdev@...n.ch,  horms@...nel.org,
  hawk@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netlink: specs: netdev: clarify the page pool API a
 little

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> writes:

> The phrasing of the page-pool-get doc is very confusing.
> It's supposed to highlight that support depends on the driver
> doing its part but it sounds like orphaned page pools won't
> be visible.
>
> The description of the ifindex is completely wrong.
> We move the page pool to loopback and skip the attribute if
> ifindex is loopback.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260104084347.5de3a537@kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---
> CC: donald.hunter@...il.com
> CC: hawk@...nel.org
> ---
>  Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>