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This patch enhances RX buffer handling in the mana driver by allocating pages from a page pool and slicing them into MTU-sized fragments, rather than dedicating a full page per packet. This approach is especially beneficial on systems with large base page sizes like 64KB. Key improvements: - Proper integration of page pool for RX buffer allocations. - MTU-sized buffer slicing to improve memory utilization. - Reduce overall per Rx queue memory footprint. - Automatic fallback to full-page buffers when: * Jumbo frames are enabled (MTU > PAGE_SIZE / 2). * The XDP path is active, to avoid complexities with fragment reuse. Testing on VMs with 64KB pages shows around 200% throughput improvement. Memory efficiency is significantly improved due to reduced wastage in page allocations. Example: We are now able to fit 35 rx buffers in a single 64kb page for MTU size of 1500, instead of 1 rx buffer per page previously. Tested: - iperf3, iperf2, and nttcp benchmarks. - Jumbo frames with MTU 9000. - Native XDP programs (XDP_PASS, XDP_DROP, XDP_TX, XDP_REDIRECT) for testing the XDP path in driver. - Memory leak detection (kmemleak). - Driver load/unload, reboot, and stress scenarios. Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@linux.microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Dipayaan Roy <dipayanroy@linux.microsoft.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250814140410.GA22089@linuxonhyperv3.guj3yctzbm1etfxqx2vob5hsef.xx.internal.cloudapp.net Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
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