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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] page_pool: add a comment explaining the fragment counter usage
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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:21:30 +0200 you wrote:
> When reading the page_pool code the first impression is that keeping
> two separate counters, one being the page refcnt and the other being
> fragment pp_frag_count, is counter-intuitive.
>
> However without that fragment counter we don't know when to reliably
> destroy or sync the outstanding DMA mappings. So let's add a comment
> explaining this part.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [v3] page_pool: add a comment explaining the fragment counter usage
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/4d4266e3fd32

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