netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/8] cadence: macb: Add page pool support handle multi-descriptor frame rx

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Message-ID: <4c74c2c4-7a47-45ff-be17-485e0702cc37@lunn.ch>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:16:16 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Paolo Valerio <pvalerio@...hat.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
	Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
	Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/8] cadence: macb: Add page pool support handle
 multi-descriptor frame rx

On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 11:25:26PM +0100, Paolo Valerio wrote:
> Use the page pool allocator for the data buffers and enable skb recycling
> support, instead of relying on netdev_alloc_skb allocating the entire skb
> during the refill.

Do you have any benchmark numbers for this change? Often swapping to
page pool improves the performance of the driver, and i use it as a
selling point for doing the conversion, independent of XDP.

Thanks
	Andrew