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From: =?utf-8?B?QmrDtnJuIFTDtnBlbA==?= <bjorn@kernel.org>
To: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/4] xdp: reuse generic skb XDP handling
 for veth
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Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com> writes:

(veth XDP makes me dizzy...)

> In particular, let's discuss:
>
>   - whether MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL_OR_SHARED is an acceptable way to describe
>     skb-backed generic XDP memory that may be page_pool-backed after COW
>     or ordinary page-shared memory otherwise;

Let's start with naming! I'd prefer making it more explicit:

    MEM_TYPE_GENERIC_SKB?
    MEM_TYPE_SKB_XDP?
    ...?


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