Re: [PATCH net-next v11] virtio_net: add page_pool support for buffer allocation

From: Michael S. Tsirkin

Date: Mon Mar 16 2026 - 06:44:11 EST


On Mon, Mar 16, 2026 at 05:56:20AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 11:31:04AM -0700, Vishwanath Seshagiri wrote:
> > @@ -5857,7 +5863,7 @@ static int virtnet_xsk_pool_enable(struct net_device *dev,
> > /* In big_packets mode, xdp cannot work, so there is no need to
> > * initialize xsk of rq.
> > */
> > - if (vi->big_packets && !vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
> > + if (!vi->rq[qid].page_pool)
> > return -ENOENT;
> >
> > if (qid >= vi->curr_queue_pairs)
>
>
>
> It seems that a qid that exceeds curr_queue_pairs would previously get
> -EINVAL and now gets -ENOENT.

Or maybe this if (qid >= vi->curr_queue_pairs) is dead code?
I looked at it some more and I can't find a path where this
triggers.

> Maybe reorder the checks:
>
> if (qid >= vi->curr_queue_pairs)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> /* In big_packets mode, xdp cannot work, so there is no need to
> * initialize xsk of rq.
> */
> if (!vi->rq[qid].page_pool)
> return -ENOENT;
>
>
> Alternatively I think we can completely drop this chunk: we already seem
> to init page_pull at all times except for big packets mode, so the
> current code is fine I think.
>
>
> --
> MST