Re: [PATCH net-next 3/7] pool_pool: avoid calling compound_head() for skb frag page

[Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@huawei.com>]

On 2021/9/23 16:33, Ilias Apalodimas wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 05:41:27PM +0800, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
>> As the pp page for a skb frag is always a head page, so make
>> sure skb_pp_recycle() passes a head page to avoid calling
>> compound_head() for skb frag page case.
> 
> Doesn't that rely on the driver mostly (i.e what's passed in skb_frag_set_page() ? 
> None of the current netstack code assumes bv_page is the head page of a 
> compound page.  Since our page_pool allocator can will allocate compound
> pages for order > 0,  why should we rely on it ?

As the page pool alloc function return 'struct page *' to the caller, which
is the head page of a compound pages for order > 0, so I assume the caller
will pass that to skb_frag_set_page().

For non-pp page, I assume it is ok whether the page is a head page or tail
page, as the pp_magic for both of them are not set with PP_SIGNATURE.

Or should we play safe here, and do the trick as skb_free_head() does in
patch 6?

> 
> Thanks
> /Ilias
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@huawei.com>
>> ---
>>  include/linux/skbuff.h | 2 +-
>>  net/core/page_pool.c   | 2 --
>>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
>> index 6bdb0db3e825..35eebc2310a5 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
>> @@ -4722,7 +4722,7 @@ static inline bool skb_pp_recycle(struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
>>  {
>>  	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PAGE_POOL) || !skb->pp_recycle)
>>  		return false;
>> -	return page_pool_return_skb_page(virt_to_page(data));
>> +	return page_pool_return_skb_page(virt_to_head_page(data));
>>  }
>>  
>>  #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
>> diff --git a/net/core/page_pool.c b/net/core/page_pool.c
>> index f7e71dcb6a2e..357fb53343a0 100644
>> --- a/net/core/page_pool.c
>> +++ b/net/core/page_pool.c
>> @@ -742,8 +742,6 @@ bool page_pool_return_skb_page(struct page *page)
>>  {
>>  	struct page_pool *pp;
>>  
>> -	page = compound_head(page);
>> -
>>  	/* page->pp_magic is OR'ed with PP_SIGNATURE after the allocation
>>  	 * in order to preserve any existing bits, such as bit 0 for the
>>  	 * head page of compound page and bit 1 for pfmemalloc page, so
>> -- 
>> 2.33.0
>>
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