[RFC 0/2] xdp: Delegate fast path return decision to page_pool

[Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@nvidia.com>]

This small series proposes the removal of the
BPF_RI_F_RF_NO_DIRECT XDP flag in favour of page_pool's
internal page_pool_napi_local() check which can override
a non-direct recycle into a direct one if the right
conditions are met.,

This was discussed on the mailing list on several occasions
[1][2].

The first patch adds additional benchmarking code to the page_pool
benchmark.

The second patch has the actual change with a proper explanation
and measurements. It remains to be debated if the whole
BPF_RI_F_RF_NO_DIRECT mechanism should be deleted or only
its use in xdp_return_frame_rx_napi().

There is still the unresolved issue of drivers that don't support
page_pool NAPI recycling. This series could be extended to add
that support. Otherwise those drivers would end up with slow
path recycling for XDP.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/8d165026-1477-46cb-94d4-a01e1da40833@kernel.org/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250918084823.372000-1-dtatulea@nvidia.com/

Dragos Tatulea (2):
  page_pool: add benchmarking for napi-based recycling
  xdp: Delegate fast path return decision to page_pool

 drivers/net/veth.c                            |  2 -
 include/linux/filter.h                        | 22 -----
 include/net/xdp.h                             |  2 +-
 kernel/bpf/cpumap.c                           |  2 -
 net/bpf/test_run.c                            |  2 -
 net/core/filter.c                             |  2 +-
 net/core/xdp.c                                | 24 ++---
 .../bench/page_pool/bench_page_pool_simple.c  | 92 ++++++++++++++++++-
 8 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

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