RE: Re: [PATCH net-next] octeontx2-pf: Add support for page pool

[Ratheesh Kannoth]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 2:31 PM
> To: Ratheesh Kannoth <rkannoth@xxxxxxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Sunil Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx; kuba@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next] octeontx2-pf: Add support for page pool

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 2023-05-15 at 11:26 +0530, Ratheesh Kannoth wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
> > index 7045fedfd73a..df5f45aa6980 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.c
> > @@ -217,9 +217,10 @@ static bool otx2_skb_add_frag(struct otx2_nic
> *pfvf, struct sk_buff *skb,
> >  		skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, page,
> >  				va - page_address(page) + off,
> >  				len - off, pfvf->rbsize);
> > -
> > +#ifndef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL
> >  		otx2_dma_unmap_page(pfvf, iova - OTX2_HEAD_ROOM,
> >  				    pfvf->rbsize, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
> > +#endif
> 
> Don't you need to do the same even when CONFIG_PAGE_POOL and !pool-
> >page_pool ?
No,   if CONFIG_PAGE_POOL is enabled,  pool->page_pool  would be != NULL.   As you suggested earlier,  we will select CONFIG_PAGE_POOL on enabling 
the driver.   This means, all these ifdef checks will go away. 
> 
> >  		return true;
> >  	}
> >
> > @@ -382,6 +383,8 @@ static void otx2_rcv_pkt_handler(struct otx2_nic
> *pfvf,
> >  	if (pfvf->netdev->features & NETIF_F_RXCSUM)
> >  		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
> >
> > +	skb_mark_for_recycle(skb);
> 
> Don't you need to set the recycle only when pool->page_pool?
No.  Page pool is enabled only for RX side.  Pool->page_pool will be != NULL if  CONFIG_PAGE_POOL is enabled.   
skb_mark_for_recycle() function is dummy if CONFIG_PAGE_POOL is not selected. 

static inline void skb_mark_for_recycle(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL
        skb->pp_recycle = 1;
#endif
}
> 
> Overall it looks like that having both the pool->page_pool and
> CONFIG_PAGE_POOL checks in place add a few possible sources of bugs.

We added #ifdef checks to improve performance incase CONFIG_PAGE_POOL is disabled.  As we decided (As per your review comments) to select CONFIG_PAGE_POOL
For the driver, all these #ifdefs will be removed.  


Thanks,
Ratheesh Kannoth