Re: [PATCH net-next v1] page_pool: check for dma_sync_size earlier

From: Furong Xu
Date: Fri Oct 11 2024 - 02:33:39 EST


Hi Ilias,

On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:06:04 +0300, Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Furong,
>
> On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 at 05:15, Furong Xu <0x1207@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:53:39 +0800, Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Is there any reason that those drivers not to unset the PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV
> > > when calling page_pool_create()?
> > > Does it only need dma sync for some cases and not need dma sync for other
> > > cases? if so, why not do the dma sync in the driver instead?
> >
> > The answer is in this commit:
> > https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/5546da79e6cc
>
> I am not sure I am following. Where does the stmmac driver call a sync
> with len 0?
For now, only drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c does.
And stmmac driver does not yet, but I will send another patch to make it call sync with
len 0. This is a proper fix as Jakub Kicinski suggested.