Re: [PATCH net] net: mvneta: fix operation for 64K PAGE_SIZE

[Marcin Wojtas]

Hi Jisheng,

År., 19 gru 2018 o 04:11 Jisheng Zhang <Jisheng.Zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> napisaÅ(a):
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> On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:37:35 +0100 Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
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> > Hello Marcin,
> >
> > On Mon, 17 Dec 2018 00:25:58 +0100, Marcin Wojtas wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks. Indeed, the patch is valid as a fix for current version of SW
> > > BM. However, because this concept is broken, I will rework it and
> > > submit patch/patches some time early 2019.
> >
> > I know some people are working on XDP support in mvneta, and this work
> > also needs to change parts of the memory allocation strategy in this
> > driver. I'd suggest to get in touch with those folks. Antoine can give
> > you the contact details, I don't have them off-hand. Or perhaps they
> > will see this e-mail :-)
>
> Great. So the problem of current memory allocation is seen, glad to
> know reworking is going on.
>
> Besides the memory waste, there's another issue with commit 7e47fd84b56b
> it always allocates page, so the rx is mapped with dmap_map_page(), but
> the unmap routine isn't updated, there's mismatch here.
>

Indeed, despite the upcoming rework, which will be more complex, how
about I submit a quick patch for this?

Best regards,
Marcin