Re: [RFC mm v5 1/2] page_pool: check nmdesc->pp to see its usage as page pool for net_iov not page-backed

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:40:52 +0900 Byungchul Park wrote:
> > > I understand the end goal. I don't understand why patch 1 is a step
> > > in that direction, and you seem incapable of explaining it. So please
> > > either follow my suggestion on how to proceed with patch 2 without  
> > 
> > struct page and struct netmem_desc should keep difference information.
> > Even though they are sharing some fields at the moment, it should
> > eventually be decoupled, which I'm working on now.  
> 
> I'm removing the shared space between struct page and struct net_iov so
> as to make struct page look its own way to be shrinked and let struct
> net_iov be independent.
> 
> Introduing a new shared space for page type is non-sense.  Still not
> clear to you?

I've spent enough time reasoning with out and suggesting alternatives.
If you respin this please carry:

Nacked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>

Until I say otherwise.