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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Ofir Gal <ofir.gal@volumez.com>,
	davem@davemloft.net, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org, dhowells@redhat.com,
	edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com, kbusch@kernel.org,
	axboe@kernel.dk, sagi@grimberg.me, philipp.reisner@linbit.com,
	lars.ellenberg@linbit.com, christoph.boehmwalder@linbit.com,
	idryomov@gmail.com, xiubli@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] bugfix: Introduce sendpages_ok() to check sendpage_ok() on contiguous pages
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 09:27:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240605072742.GA16306@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240604074224.44668dab@kernel.org>

On Tue, Jun 04, 2024 at 07:42:24AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> I'd guess the thinking was that if we push back the callers would
> switch the relevant allocations to be page-backed. But we can add
> a comment above the helper that says "you'd be better off using
> page frags and calling sendmsg(MSG_SPLICE_PAGES) directly".

That's just not how network block devices or file systems work, they
don't control the allocations and need to take what gets fed to them.

  reply	other threads:[~2024-06-05  7:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-30 14:24 [PATCH v2 0/4] bugfix: Introduce sendpages_ok() to check sendpage_ok() on contiguous pages Ofir Gal
2024-05-30 14:24 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] net: introduce helper sendpages_ok() Ofir Gal
2024-05-31  7:32   ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-05-31  8:51   ` Sagi Grimberg
2024-06-03 12:35     ` Ofir Gal
2024-06-03 21:27       ` Sagi Grimberg
2024-06-04  4:27         ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-06-04  8:24           ` Sagi Grimberg
2024-06-04 13:01             ` Sagi Grimberg
2024-06-06 12:57               ` Ofir Gal
2024-06-06 13:08                 ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-06-06 13:18                   ` Ofir Gal
2024-06-06 13:52                     ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-06-06 15:42                       ` Ofir Gal
2024-05-30 14:24 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] nvme-tcp: use sendpages_ok() instead of sendpage_ok() Ofir Gal
2024-05-31  7:32   ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-05-30 14:24 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] drbd: " Ofir Gal
2024-06-04 14:43   ` Christoph Böhmwalder
2024-05-30 14:24 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] libceph: " Ofir Gal
2024-05-31  7:32 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] bugfix: Introduce sendpages_ok() to check sendpage_ok() on contiguous pages Christoph Hellwig
2024-06-01 22:36   ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-06-04  4:30     ` Christoph Hellwig
2024-06-04 14:42       ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-06-05  7:27         ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2024-06-01 22:34 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-06-02  7:48   ` Sagi Grimberg
2024-06-03  9:07   ` Hannes Reinecke
2024-06-03 12:46     ` Ofir Gal
2024-06-03  7:24 ` Hannes Reinecke
2024-06-03 12:49   ` Ofir Gal

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