Re: [RFC 00/12] net: huge page backed page_pool

On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:07:06 +0200 Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:

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For the ptr_ring I was considering bumping the refcount of pages
allocated from outside the 1G pool, so that they do not get recycled.
I deferred optimizing that until I can get some production results.
The extra CPU cost of loss of recycling could outweigh the IOTLB win.

All very exciting stuff, I wish the days were slightly longer :)

Know the problem of (human) cycles in a day.
Rizzo's article describes a lot of experiments, that might save us/you 
some time.

Speaking of saving time - if anyone has patches to convert mlx4 to page
pool I'd greatly appreciate!