Re: [PATCH V3,net-next, 2/4] net: mana: Refactor RX buffer allocation code to prepare for various MTU

Leon Romanovsky
2023-04-13T16:59:39Z

On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 09:40:03AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> 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.

The last sentence is always true :)