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Re: [PATCH net-next v3] page_pool: use relaxed atomic for release side accounting

From: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
Date: 2021-08-24 09:13:36
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On Tue, 24 Aug 2021 at 12:07, Yunsheng Lin [off-list ref] wrote:
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There is no need to synchronize the account updating, so
use the relaxed atomic to avoid some memory barrier in the
data path.

Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <redacted>
---
V3: Drop patch 2.
V2: Remove unnecessary unliky() mark as pointed out by
    Heiner.
---
 net/core/page_pool.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/core/page_pool.c b/net/core/page_pool.c
index e140905..1a69784 100644
--- a/net/core/page_pool.c
+++ b/net/core/page_pool.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ void page_pool_release_page(struct page_pool *pool, struct page *page)
        /* This may be the last page returned, releasing the pool, so
         * it is not safe to reference pool afterwards.
         */
-       count = atomic_inc_return(&pool->pages_state_release_cnt);
+       count = atomic_inc_return_relaxed(&pool->pages_state_release_cnt);
        trace_page_pool_state_release(pool, page, count);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_pool_release_page);
--
2.7.4
Acked-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
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