Re: [PATCH v2] mm, page_pool: introduce a new page type for page pool in page type

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 28.07.25 07:27, Byungchul Park wrote:
> Changes from v1:
> 	1. Rebase on linux-next.
> 	2. Initialize net_iov->pp = NULL when allocating net_iov in
> 	   net_devmem_bind_dmabuf() and io_zcrx_create_area().
> 	3. Use ->pp for net_iov to identify if it's pp rather than
> 	   always consider net_iov as pp.
> 	4. Add Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>.
> 
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>  From 08b65324282bbe683a2479faef8eb24df249fd18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:07:17 +0900
> Subject: [PATCH v2] mm, page_pool: introduce a new page type for page pool in page type
> 
> ->pp_magic field in struct page is current used to identify if a page
> belongs to a page pool.  However, ->pp_magic will be removed and page
> type bit in struct page e.i. PGTY_netpp can be used for that purpose.
> 
> Introduce and use the page type APIs e.g. PageNetpp(), __SetPageNetpp(),
> and __ClearPageNetpp() instead, and remove the existing APIs accessing
> ->pp_magic e.g. page_pool_page_is_pp(), netmem_or_pp_magic(), and
> netmem_clear_pp_magic().
> 
> For net_iov, use ->pp to identify if it's pp, with making sure that ->pp
> is NULL for non-pp net_iov.
> 
> This work was inspired by the following link:
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/582f41c0-2742-4400-9c81-0d46bf4e8314@gmail.com/
> 
> While at it, move the sanity check for page pool to on free.
> 
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
> ---

Nothing jumped at me, so

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

for the MM bits.

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb