Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: devmem: use memory provider helpers for net_iovs
From: Mina Almasry
Date: Thu Sep 24 2026 - 11:18:52 EST
On Tue, Sep 22, 2026 at 1:43 PM Stanislav Fomichev <sdf.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Use public memory-provider helpers for DMA address storage and page-pool
> association instead of open-coding page_pool state and accounting.
>
> Zero the net_iov array because net_mp_niov_set_page_pool() ORs
> PP_SIGNATURE into pp_magic. Reject DMA addresses that cannot be
> represented in net_iov metadata.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Thanks,
Mina