Re: [RESEND PATCH] ice: access @pp through netmem_desc instead of page

From: Byungchul Park

Date: Tue Mar 31 2026 - 04:26:56 EST


On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 10:13:14AM -0800, Tony Nguyen wrote:
> On 2/25/2026 5:08 PM, Byungchul Park wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 02:35:46PM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> > > To eliminate the use of struct page in page pool, the page pool users
> > > should use netmem descriptor and APIs instead.
> > >
> > > Make ice driver access @pp through netmem_desc instead of page.
> >
> > Hi Tony and Przemek,
> >
> > Is there something that I'm missing or something wrong with this? Your
> > feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Hi Byungchul,
>
> Nothing wrong. I plan to apply it today.

Hi Tony,

Sorry bothering you but could you tell me where I can see the patch
ready in a tree, maybe yours? I failed to locate it.

This patch is very important for the project removing pp fields from
struct page to go ahead. Thanks in advance.

Byungchul

> Thanks,
> Tony
>
> > Byungchul
> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul@xxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
> > > index c6bc29cfb8e6..c16e54dbe75b 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
> > > @@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ static int ice_lbtest_receive_frames(struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring)
> > > rx_buf = &rx_ring->rx_fqes[i];
> > > page = __netmem_to_page(rx_buf->netmem);
> > > received_buf = page_address(page) + rx_buf->offset +
> > > - page->pp->p.offset;
> > > + pp_page_to_nmdesc(page)->pp->p.offset;
> > >
> > > if (ice_lbtest_check_frame(received_buf))
> > > valid_frames++;
> > > --
> > > 2.17.1