[PATCH net-next] net: netmem: remove NET_IOV_MAX from net_iov_type enum

From: Bobby Eshleman

Date: Fri Oct 24 2025 - 14:05:34 EST


From: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxx>

Remove the NET_IOV_MAX workaround from the net_iov_type enum. This entry
was previously added to force the enum size to unsigned long to satisfy
the NET_IOV_ASSERT_OFFSET static assertions.

After commit f3d85c9ee510 ("netmem: introduce struct netmem_desc
mirroring struct page") this approach became unnecessary by placing the
net_iov_type after the netmem_desc. Placing the net_iov_type after
netmem_desc results in the net_iov_type size having no effect on the
position or layout of the fields that mirror the struct page.

The layout before this patch:

struct net_iov {
union {
struct netmem_desc desc; /* 0 48 */
struct {
long unsigned int _flags; /* 0 8 */
long unsigned int pp_magic; /* 8 8 */
struct page_pool * pp; /* 16 8 */
long unsigned int _pp_mapping_pad; /* 24 8 */
long unsigned int dma_addr; /* 32 8 */
atomic_long_t pp_ref_count; /* 40 8 */
}; /* 0 48 */
}; /* 0 48 */
struct net_iov_area * owner; /* 48 8 */
enum net_iov_type type; /* 56 8 */

/* size: 64, cachelines: 1, members: 3 */
};

The layout after this patch:

struct net_iov {
union {
struct netmem_desc desc; /* 0 48 */
struct {
long unsigned int _flags; /* 0 8 */
long unsigned int pp_magic; /* 8 8 */
struct page_pool * pp; /* 16 8 */
long unsigned int _pp_mapping_pad; /* 24 8 */
long unsigned int dma_addr; /* 32 8 */
atomic_long_t pp_ref_count; /* 40 8 */
}; /* 0 48 */
}; /* 0 48 */
struct net_iov_area * owner; /* 48 8 */
enum net_iov_type type; /* 56 4 */

/* size: 64, cachelines: 1, members: 3 */
/* padding: 4 */
};

Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/netmem.h | 4 ----
1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/netmem.h b/include/net/netmem.h
index 651e2c62d1dd..9e10f4ac50c3 100644
--- a/include/net/netmem.h
+++ b/include/net/netmem.h
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(page_pool_mem_providers);
enum net_iov_type {
NET_IOV_DMABUF,
NET_IOV_IOURING,
-
- /* Force size to unsigned long to make the NET_IOV_ASSERTS below pass.
- */
- NET_IOV_MAX = ULONG_MAX
};

/* A memory descriptor representing abstract networking I/O vectors,

---
base-commit: f0a24b2547cfdd5ec85a131e386a2ce4ff9179cb
change-id: 20251024-b4-devmem-remove-niov-max-0d377187c9cb

Best regards,
--
Bobby Eshleman <bobbyeshleman@xxxxxxxx>