Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Apr 2023 09:40:03 -0700 | From | Jakub Kicinski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH V3,net-next, 2/4] net: mana: Refactor RX buffer allocation code to prepare for various MTU |
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On Thu, 13 Apr 2023 19:30:59 +0300 Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > So the page pool is optimized for the XDP, and that sentence is applicable to drivers > > that have set up page pool for XDP optimization. > > "but it can fallback on the regular page allocator APIs."
The XDP thing is historic AFAIU, page_pool has been expanded to cover all uses cases, and is "just better" (tm) than using page allocator directly. Maybe we should update the doc.
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