Re: [RFC net-next v1 5/6] net: page_pool: convert refcounting helpers to nmdesc

On 8/13/25 01:14, Mina Almasry wrote:

On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM Pavel Begunkov [off-list ref] wrote:

...>> -static inline long page_pool_unref_netmem(netmem_ref netmem, long nr)

quoted

+static inline long page_pool_unref_nmdesc(struct netmem_desc *desc, long nr)
  {
-       atomic_long_t *pp_ref_count = netmem_get_pp_ref_count_ref(netmem);
+       atomic_long_t *pp_ref_count = &desc->pp_ref_count;

nit: I think we can also kill the pp_ref_count local var and use
desc->pp_ref_count directly.

I stopped there to save the churn, I'd rather have it on top and outside
of cross tree branches. But I agree in general, and there is more that
we can do as well.

...>>   static inline bool page_pool_unref_and_test(netmem_ref netmem)

quoted

diff --git a/net/core/devmem.c b/net/core/devmem.c
index 24c591ab38ae..e084dad11506 100644
--- a/net/core/devmem.c
+++ b/net/core/devmem.c

@@ -440,14 +440,9 @@ void mp_dmabuf_devmem_destroy(struct page_pool *pool)

  bool mp_dmabuf_devmem_release_page(struct page_pool *pool, netmem_ref netmem)
  {
-       long refcount = atomic_long_read(netmem_get_pp_ref_count_ref(netmem));
-
         if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!netmem_is_net_iov(netmem)))
                 return false;

-       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(refcount != 1))
-               return false;
-

Rest of the patch looks good to me, but this comes across as a
completely unrelated clean up/change or something? Lets keep the
WARN_ON_ONCE?

I was killing netmem_get_pp_ref_count_ref(), which is why it's here.
It checks an assumption that's guaranteed by page pools and shared
with non-mp pools, so not like devmem needs it, and it'd not catch
any recycling problems either. Regardless, I can leave the warning.

-- 
Pavel Begunkov