Memory providers multiplexing (Was: [PATCH net-next v4 4/5] page_pool: remove PP_FLAG_PAGE_FRAG flag)

[Mina Almasry]

On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 10:23 AM David Ahern <dsahern at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On 7/3/23 11:13 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> > index a2dbeb264f260e5b8923ece9aac99fe19ddfeb62..aa4133d1b1e0676e408499ea4534b51262394432
> > 100644
> > --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
> > +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> > @@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@ static int packet_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > struct net_device *dev,
> >                 }
> >         }
> >
> > -       snaplen = skb->len;
> > +       snaplen = skb->devmem ? skb_headlen(skb) : skb->len;
> >
>
> Ok, so you expect a flag on the skb noting the use of 'untouchable'
> memory. That aligns with my expectations based on POCs.
>
> Based on the above: 1) skb->head is expected to be host memory, and 2)
> the flag is a global for all frags, so no mix and match.

Yes, both are correct (i.e. what I plan to propose).

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Thanks,
Mina