Re: [PATCH 12/18] page_pool: use netmem APIs to access page->pp_magic in page_pool_page_is_pp()

Toke Høiland-Jørgensen
2025-05-28T07:35:09Z

Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com> writes:

> On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 11:54:33AM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
>> Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com> writes:
>>
>> > On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 10:40:30AM +0200, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen wrote:
>> >> Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com> writes:
>> >>
>> >> > On Mon, May 26, 2025 at 11:23:07AM +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
>> >> >> On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 10:21:17AM -0700, Mina Almasry wrote:
>> >> >> > On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > To simplify struct page, the effort to seperate its own descriptor from
>> >> >> > > struct page is required and the work for page pool is on going.
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > To achieve that, all the code should avoid accessing page pool members
>> >> >> > > of struct page directly, but use safe APIs for the purpose.
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > Use netmem_is_pp() instead of directly accessing page->pp_magic in
>> >> >> > > page_pool_page_is_pp().
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
>> >> >> > > ---
>> >> >> > > include/linux/mm.h | 5 +----
>> >> >> > > net/core/page_pool.c | 5 +++++
>> >> >> > > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
>> >> >> > > index 8dc012e84033..3f7c80fb73ce 100644
>> >> >> > > --- a/include/linux/mm.h
>> >> >> > > +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
>> >> >> > > @@ -4312,10 +4312,7 @@ int arch_lock_shadow_stack_status(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long status);
>> >> >> > > #define PP_MAGIC_MASK ~(PP_DMA_INDEX_MASK | 0x3UL)
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > #ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL
>> >> >> > > -static inline bool page_pool_page_is_pp(struct page *page)
>> >> >> > > -{
>> >> >> > > - return (page->pp_magic & PP_MAGIC_MASK) == PP_SIGNATURE;
>> >> >> > > -}
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I vote for keeping this function as-is (do not convert it to netmem),
>> >> >> > and instead modify it to access page->netmem_desc->pp_magic.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Once the page pool fields are removed from struct page, struct page will
>> >> >> have neither struct netmem_desc nor the fields..
>> >> >>
>> >> >> So it's unevitable to cast it to netmem_desc in order to refer to
>> >> >> pp_magic. Again, pp_magic is no longer associated to struct page.
>> >> >
>> >> > Options that come across my mind are:
>> >> >
>> >> > 1. use lru field of struct page instead, with appropriate comment but
>> >> > looks so ugly.
>> >> > 2. instead of a full word for the magic, use a bit of flags or use
>> >> > the private field for that purpose.
>> >> > 3. do not check magic number for page pool.
>> >> > 4. more?
>> >>
>> >> I'm not sure I understand Mina's concern about CPU cycles from casting.
>> >> The casting is a compile-time thing, which shouldn't affect run-time
>> >
>> > I didn't mention it but yes.
>> >
>> >> performance as long as the check is kept as an inline function. So it's
>> >> "just" a matter of exposing struct netmem_desc to mm.h so it can use it
>> >
>> > Then.. we should expose net_iov as well, but I'm afraid it looks weird.
>> > Do you think it's okay?
>>
>> Well, it'll be ugly, I grant you that :)
>>
>> Hmm, so another idea could be to add the pp_magic field to the inner
>> union that the lru field is in, and keep the page_pool_page_is_pp()
>> as-is. Then add an assert for offsetof(struct page, pp_magic) ==
>> offsetof(netmem_desc, pp_magic) on the netmem side, which can be removed
>> once the two structs no longer shadow each other?
>>
>> That way you can still get rid of the embedded page_pool struct in
>> struct page, and the pp_magic field will just be a transition thing
>> until things are completely separated...
>
> Or what about to do that as mm folks did in page_is_pfmemalloc()?
>
> static inline bool page_pool_page_is_pp(struct page *page)
> {
> /*
> * XXX: The space of page->lru.next is used as pp_magic in
> * struct netmem_desc overlaying on struct page temporarily.
> * This API will be unneeded shortly. Let's use the ugly but
> * temporal way to access pp_magic until struct netmem_desc has
> * its own instance.
> */
> return (((unsigned long)page->lru.next) & PP_MAGIC_MASK) == PP_SIGNATURE;
> }

Sure, that can work as a temporary solution (maybe with a static assert
somewhere that pp_magic and lru have the same offsetof())?

-Toke