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Re: [PATCH v3] mm: introduce a new page type for page pool in page type

From: Vlastimil Babka <hidden>
Date: 2026-02-11 10:11:33
Also in: bpf, linux-mm, linux-rdma, lkml

On 2/10/26 12:47, Byungchul Park wrote:
Currently, the condition 'page->pp_magic == PP_SIGNATURE' is used to
determine if a page belongs to a page pool.  However, with the planned
removal of @pp_magic, we should instead leverage the page_type in struct
page, such as PGTY_netpp, for this purpose.

Introduce and use the page type APIs e.g. PageNetpp(), __SetPageNetpp(),
and __ClearPageNetpp() instead, and remove the existing APIs accessing
@pp_magic e.g. page_pool_page_is_pp(), netmem_or_pp_magic(), and
netmem_clear_pp_magic().

Plus, add @page_type to struct net_iov at the same offset as struct page
so as to use the page_type APIs for struct net_iov as well.  While at it,
reorder @type and @owner in struct net_iov to avoid a hole and
increasing the struct size.

This work was inspired by the following link:

  https://lore.kernel.org/all/582f41c0-2742-4400-9c81-0d46bf4e8314@gmail.com/ (local)

While at it, move the sanity check for page pool to on the free path.

Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <redacted>
Co-developed-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <redacted>
Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <redacted>
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The following 'Acked-by's were given only for mm part:

  Acked-by: David Hildenbrand [off-list ref]
  Acked-by: Zi Yan [off-list ref]
Also for the mm parts:

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <redacted>

Thanks.
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