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

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Message-ID: <dca3ee7c-78bc-4203-ba58-0a7607cc1395@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2026 18:09:18 +0100
From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>
To: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>, 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
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netlink: specs: netdev: clarify the page pool API a
 little



On 05/01/2026 12.27, Donald Hunter wrote:
> 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>

Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>