Re: [PATCH net-next v16 05/13] page_pool: devmem support

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Wed Jul 10 2024 - 21:23:40 EST


On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:42:04 -0700 Mina Almasry wrote:
> > > +static inline void netmem_set_pp(netmem_ref netmem, struct page_pool *pool)
> > > +{
> > > + __netmem_clear_lsb(netmem)->pp = pool;
> > > +}
> >
> > Why is all this stuff in the main header? It's really low level.
> > Please put helpers which are only used by the core in a header
> > under net/core/, like net/core/dev.h
>
> Sorry none of those are only used by net/core/*. Pretty much all of
> these are used by include/net/page_pool/helpers.h, and some have
> callers in net/core/devmem.c or net/core/skbuff.c
>
> Would you like me to move these pp specific looking ones to
> include/net/page_pool/netmem.h or something similar?

That's because some things already in helpers have no real business
being there either. Why is page_pool_set_pp_info() in helpers.h?