Re: [net-next v1 09/16] page_pool: device memory support

On 2023/12/12 22:28, Mina Almasry wrote:

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the page_ref_*() API may be avoided using the below patch:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20231113130041.58124-7-linyunsheng@huawei.com/

Even after the patch above, you're still calling page_ref_count() in
the page_pool to check for recycling, so after that patch you're still
using page->_refcount.

Yes, we still need page_ref_count(), which seems be a similar problem
like the one for page_is_pfmemalloc(), can we deal with it like most
of other fields?

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But I am not sure how to do that for tx part if devmem for tx is not
intergating into page_pool, that is why I suggest having a tx implementation
for the next version, so that we can have a whole picture of devmem.

I strongly prefer to keep the TX implementation in a separate series.
This series is complicated to implement and review as it is, and is
hitting the 15 patch limit anyway.

I am not sure how complicated the TX implementation for devmem will be
for the latest version, but from the RFCv1, it seems it is simple enough
to keep it in one patchset.

Anyway, it would be good to sort out the basic idea what is the tx API
for devmem when designing/implementing the rx API for devmem.