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Series [net-next] net: page_pool: Add page_pool_put_page_bulk() to page_pool.rst | expand

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Lorenzo Bianconi Nov. 20, 2020, 10:19 p.m. UTC
Introduce page_pool_put_page_bulk() entry into the API section of
page_pool.rst

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Comments

Ilias Apalodimas Nov. 23, 2020, 8:06 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 11:19:34PM +0100, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> Introduce page_pool_put_page_bulk() entry into the API section of
> page_pool.rst
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst b/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst
> index 43088ddf95e4..e848f5b995b8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst
> @@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ a page will cause no race conditions is enough.
>  
>  * page_pool_get_dma_dir(): Retrieve the stored DMA direction.
>  
> +* page_pool_put_page_bulk(): It tries to refill a bulk of count pages into the

Tries to refill a number of pages sounds better?

> +  ptr_ring cache holding ptr_ring producer lock. If the ptr_ring is full,
> +  page_pool_put_page_bulk() will release leftover pages to the page allocator.
> +  page_pool_put_page_bulk() is suitable to be run inside the driver NAPI tx
> +  completion loop for the XDP_REDIRECT use case.
> +  Please consider the caller must not use data area after running

s/consider/note/

> +  page_pool_put_page_bulk(), as this function overwrites it.
> +
>  Coding examples
>  ===============
>  
> -- 
> 2.28.0
> 


Other than that 
Acked-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
Lorenzo Bianconi Nov. 23, 2020, 8:54 a.m. UTC | #2
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 11:19:34PM +0100, Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> > Introduce page_pool_put_page_bulk() entry into the API section of
> > page_pool.rst
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst | 8 ++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst b/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst
> > index 43088ddf95e4..e848f5b995b8 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst
> > @@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ a page will cause no race conditions is enough.
> >  
> >  * page_pool_get_dma_dir(): Retrieve the stored DMA direction.
> >  
> > +* page_pool_put_page_bulk(): It tries to refill a bulk of count pages into the
> 
> Tries to refill a number of pages sounds better?

ack, will fix it in v2

> 
> > +  ptr_ring cache holding ptr_ring producer lock. If the ptr_ring is full,
> > +  page_pool_put_page_bulk() will release leftover pages to the page allocator.
> > +  page_pool_put_page_bulk() is suitable to be run inside the driver NAPI tx
> > +  completion loop for the XDP_REDIRECT use case.
> > +  Please consider the caller must not use data area after running
> 
> s/consider/note/

ack, will fix it in v2

Regards,
Lorenzo

> 
> > +  page_pool_put_page_bulk(), as this function overwrites it.
> > +
> >  Coding examples
> >  ===============
> >  
> > -- 
> > 2.28.0
> > 
> 
> 
> Other than that 
> Acked-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst b/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst
index 43088ddf95e4..e848f5b995b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@  a page will cause no race conditions is enough.
 
 * page_pool_get_dma_dir(): Retrieve the stored DMA direction.
 
+* page_pool_put_page_bulk(): It tries to refill a bulk of count pages into the
+  ptr_ring cache holding ptr_ring producer lock. If the ptr_ring is full,
+  page_pool_put_page_bulk() will release leftover pages to the page allocator.
+  page_pool_put_page_bulk() is suitable to be run inside the driver NAPI tx
+  completion loop for the XDP_REDIRECT use case.
+  Please consider the caller must not use data area after running
+  page_pool_put_page_bulk(), as this function overwrites it.
+
 Coding examples
 ===============