Re: [PATCH net-next v8 3/3] net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Add minimal XDP support

From: Julien Panis
Date: Wed Apr 10 2024 - 10:07:28 EST


On 4/10/24 02:49, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
On Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:38:04 +0200 Julien Panis wrote:
+static struct sk_buff *am65_cpsw_alloc_skb(struct am65_cpsw_rx_chn *rx_chn,
+ struct net_device *ndev,
+ unsigned int len,
+ int desc_idx,
+ bool allow_direct)
+{
+ struct sk_buff *skb;
+ struct page *page;
+
+ page = page_pool_dev_alloc_pages(rx_chn->page_pool);
+ if (unlikely(!page))
+ return NULL;
+
+ len += AM65_CPSW_HEADROOM;
+
+ skb = build_skb(page_address(page), len);
You shouldn't build the skb upfront any more. Give the page to the HW,
once HW sends you a completion - build the skbs. If build fails
(allocation failure) just give the page back to HW. If it succeeds,
however, you'll get a skb which is far more likely to be cache hot.

Not sure I get this point.

"Give the page to the HW" = Do you mean that I should dma_map_single()
a full page (|PAGE_SIZE|) in am65_cpsw_nuss_rx_push() ?



+ if (unlikely(!skb)) {
+ page_pool_put_full_page(rx_chn->page_pool, page, allow_direct);
+ rx_chn->pages[desc_idx] = NULL;
+ return NULL;
+ }