page_pool: introduce page_pool_alloc() API
Currently page pool supports the below use cases: use case 1: allocate page without page splitting using page_pool_alloc_pages() API if the driver knows that the memory it need is always bigger than half of the page allocated from page pool. use case 2: allocate page frag with page splitting using page_pool_alloc_frag() API if the driver knows that the memory it need is always smaller than or equal to the half of the page allocated from page pool. There is emerging use case [1] & [2] that is a mix of the above two case: the driver doesn't know the size of memory it need beforehand, so the driver may use something like below to allocate memory with least memory utilization and performance penalty: if (size << 1 > max_size) page = page_pool_alloc_pages(); else page = page_pool_alloc_frag(); To avoid the driver doing something like above, add the page_pool_alloc() API to support the above use case, and update the true size of memory that is acctually allocated by updating '*size' back to the driver in order to avoid exacerbating truesize underestimate problem. Rename page_pool_free() which is used in the destroy process to __page_pool_destroy() to avoid confusion with the newly added API. 1. https://lore.kernel.org/all/d3ae6bd3537fbce379382ac6a42f67e22f27ece2.1683896626.git.lorenzo@kernel.org/ 2. https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230526054621.18371-3-liangchen.linux@gmail.com/Signed-off-by: Yunsheng Lin <linyunsheng@huawei.com> CC: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org> CC: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com> CC: Liang Chen <liangchen.linux@gmail.com> CC: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231020095952.11055-4-linyunsheng@huawei.comSigned-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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