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In commit 82e896d ("docs: net: page_pool: use kdoc to avoid
duplicating the information") I shied away from using the DOC:
comments when moving to kdoc for documenting page_pool API,
because I wasn't sure how familiar people are with it.

Turns out there is already a DOC: comment for the intro, which
is the same in both places, modulo what looks like minor rewording.
Use the version from Documentation/ but keep the contents with
the code.

Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
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18 changes: 2 additions & 16 deletions Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst
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Page Pool API
=============

The page_pool allocator is optimized for the XDP mode that uses one frame
per-page, but it can fallback on the regular page allocator APIs.

Basic use involves replacing alloc_pages() calls with the
page_pool_alloc_pages() call. Drivers should use page_pool_dev_alloc_pages()
replacing dev_alloc_pages().

API keeps track of in-flight pages, in order to let API user know
when it is safe to free a page_pool object. Thus, API users
must call page_pool_put_page() to free the page, or attach
the page to a page_pool-aware objects like skbs marked with
skb_mark_for_recycle().

API user must call page_pool_put_page() once on a page, as it
will either recycle the page, or in case of refcnt > 1, it will
release the DMA mapping and in-flight state accounting.
.. kernel-doc:: include/net/page_pool/helpers.h
:doc: page_pool allocator

Architecture overview
=====================
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/**
* DOC: page_pool allocator
*
* This page_pool allocator is optimized for the XDP mode that
* uses one-frame-per-page, but have fallbacks that act like the
* The page_pool allocator is optimized for the XDP mode that
* uses one frame per-page, but it can fallback on the
* regular page allocator APIs.
*
* Basic use involve replacing alloc_pages() calls with the
* page_pool_alloc_pages() call. Drivers should likely use
* Basic use involves replacing alloc_pages() calls with the
* page_pool_alloc_pages() call. Drivers should use
* page_pool_dev_alloc_pages() replacing dev_alloc_pages().
*
* API keeps track of in-flight pages, in-order to let API user know
* when it is safe to dealloactor page_pool object. Thus, API users
* must call page_pool_put_page() where appropriate and only attach
* the page to a page_pool-aware objects, like skbs marked for recycling.
* API keeps track of in-flight pages, in order to let API user know
* when it is safe to free a page_pool object. Thus, API users
* must call page_pool_put_page() to free the page, or attach
* the page to a page_pool-aware objects like skbs marked with
* skb_mark_for_recycle().
*
* API user must only call page_pool_put_page() once on a page, as it
* will either recycle the page, or in case of elevated refcnt, it
* will release the DMA mapping and in-flight state accounting. We
* hope to lift this requirement in the future.
* API user must call page_pool_put_page() once on a page, as it
* will either recycle the page, or in case of refcnt > 1, it will
* release the DMA mapping and in-flight state accounting.
*/
#ifndef _NET_PAGE_POOL_HELPERS_H
#define _NET_PAGE_POOL_HELPERS_H
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