This small series proposes the removal of the
BPF_RI_F_RF_NO_DIRECT XDP flag in favour of page_pool's
internal page_pool_napi_local() check which can override
a non-direct recycle into a direct one if the right
conditions are met.,
This was discussed on the mailing list on several occasions
[1][2].
The first patch adds additional benchmarking code to the page_pool
benchmark.
The second patch has the actual change with a proper explanation
and measurements. It remains to be debated if the whole
BPF_RI_F_RF_NO_DIRECT mechanism should be deleted or only
its use in xdp_return_frame_rx_napi().
There is still the unresolved issue of drivers that don't support
page_pool NAPI recycling. This series could be extended to add
that support. Otherwise those drivers would end up with slow
path recycling for XDP.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/8d165026-1477-46cb-94d4-a01e1da40833@kernel.org/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250918084823.372000-1-dtatulea@nvidia.com/
Dragos Tatulea (2):
page_pool: add benchmarking for napi-based recycling
xdp: Delegate fast path return decision to page_pool
drivers/net/veth.c | 2 -
include/linux/filter.h | 22 -----
include/net/xdp.h | 2 +-
kernel/bpf/cpumap.c | 2 -
net/bpf/test_run.c | 2 -
net/core/filter.c | 2 +-
net/core/xdp.c | 24 ++---
.../bench/page_pool/bench_page_pool_simple.c | 92 ++++++++++++++++++-
8 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
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