Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: page_pool: API cleanup and comments

From: Ilias Apalodimas
Date: Mon Feb 17 2020 - 02:46:17 EST


On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 08:41:33AM +0100, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:28:49 +0200
> Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > diff --git a/include/net/page_pool.h b/include/net/page_pool.h
> > index cfbed00ba7ee..7c1f23930035 100644
> > --- a/include/net/page_pool.h
> > +++ b/include/net/page_pool.h
> > @@ -162,39 +162,33 @@ static inline void page_pool_use_xdp_mem(struct page_pool *pool,
> > }
> > #endif
> >
> > -/* Never call this directly, use helpers below */
> > -void __page_pool_put_page(struct page_pool *pool, struct page *page,
> > - unsigned int dma_sync_size, bool allow_direct);
> > +void page_pool_release_page(struct page_pool *pool, struct page *page);
> >
> > -static inline void page_pool_put_page(struct page_pool *pool,
> > - struct page *page, bool allow_direct)
> > +/* If the page refcnt == 1, this will try to recycle the page.
> > + * if PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV is set, it will try to sync the DMA area for
> > + * the configured size min(dma_sync_size, pool->max_len).
> > + * If the page refcnt != page will be returned
>
> Is this last comment line fully formed?

Yes, but that dosen't mena it makes sense!
Maybe i should switch the last sentence to sometning like:
"If the page refcnt != 1, page will be returned to memory subsystem" ?

Thanks
/Ilias
>
>
> > + */
> > +void page_pool_put_page(struct page_pool *pool, struct page *page,
> > + unsigned int dma_sync_size, bool allow_direct);
> > +
> > +/* Same as above but will try to sync the entire area pool->max_len */
> > +static inline void page_pool_put_full_page(struct page_pool *pool,
> > + struct page *page, bool allow_direct)
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Jesper Dangaard Brouer
> MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer
>