[PATCH net-next v4 2/3] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: skip page_pool

From: Sandeep Haemoon

Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 21:52:52 EST


The page_pool is created with order-0 pages and MTK_PP_MAX_BUF_SIZE as
the maximum DMA length, so it can only back a ring whose descriptor
length fits in that.

Gate the pool on ring->buf_size <= MTK_PP_MAX_BUF_SIZE and let larger
rings use the netdev_alloc_frag()/mtk_max_buf_alloc() path that already
exists. ring->frag_size cannot serve as the limit: it follows the
netdev_alloc_frag() layout, whose headroom and skb_shared_info footprint
differ from the pool's, so a ring can have frag_size <= PAGE_SIZE while
its descriptor length is already larger than the pool can map.

With the current MTU limits every ring fits and the gate always passes;
it becomes active with the 9K jumbo support that follows, when the
shared rings grow past the limit.

Link: https://github.com/mediatek/mtk-openwrt-feeds
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sandeep Haemoon <sandeeph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
index a46cf5441..6768ab8eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
@@ -2825,7 +2825,13 @@ static int mtk_rx_alloc(struct mtk_eth *eth, int ring_no, int rx_flag)
if (!ring->data)
return -ENOMEM;

- if (mtk_page_pool_enabled(eth)) {
+ /* A page_pool hands out order-0 pages and is created with
+ * MTK_PP_MAX_BUF_SIZE, so it can only back a ring whose descriptor
+ * length fits. Larger rings use the netdev_alloc_frag()/
+ * mtk_max_buf_alloc() path below instead.
+ */
+ if (mtk_page_pool_enabled(eth) &&
+ ring->buf_size <= MTK_PP_MAX_BUF_SIZE) {
struct page_pool *pp;

pp = mtk_create_page_pool(eth, &ring->xdp_q, ring_no,
--
2.53.0