Subject: Re: [RFC mm v5 1/2] page_pool: check nmdesc->pp to see its usage as page pool for net_iov not page-backed

From: Byungchul Park <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:41:18 +0900

On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 05:41:29PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Nov 2025 13:47:08 +0900 Byungchul Park wrote:
> > The offset of page_type in struct page cannot be used in struct net_iov
> > for the same purpose, since the offset in struct net_iov is for storing
> > (struct net_iov_area *)owner.
> 
> owner does not have to be at a fixed offset. Can we not move owner
> to _pp_mapping_pad ? Or reorder it with type, enum net_iov_type
> only has 2 values we can smoosh it with page_type easily.

At the beginning I tried to smoosh it with page_type but it requires the
additional logic or something to save and restore the value of enum
net_iov_type if the netmem is net_iov when updating page_type like:

  if (netmem_is_net_iov(netmem))
	type = get_type_from_niov(netmem_to_niov(netmem));

  /* Unconditionally clear the value of enum net_iov_type. */
  __{Set,Clear}PageNetpp(__netmem_to_page((__force unsigned long)netmem & ~NET_IOV));

  if (netmem_is_net_iov(netmem))
	set_type_to_niov(netmem_to_niov(netmem), type);

Or page_pool_{set,clear}_pp_info() callers should handle it in a similar
way.  I'd like to check if you are okay with this approach.

Or I can make it simpler by adding page_type to struct net_iov like the
following.  Jakub, do these approachs work for you?

	Byungchul

---
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c
index 5d51600935a6..def274f5c1ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xdp.c
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ static void mlx5e_free_xdpsq_desc(struct mlx5e_xdpsq *sq,
 				xdpi = mlx5e_xdpi_fifo_pop(xdpi_fifo);
 				page = xdpi.page.page;
 
-				/* No need to check page_pool_page_is_pp() as we
+				/* No need to check PageNetpp() as we
 				 * know this is a page_pool page.
 				 */
 				page_pool_recycle_direct(pp_page_to_nmdesc(page)->pp,
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index a3f97c551ad8..081e365caa1a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -4252,10 +4252,9 @@ int arch_lock_shadow_stack_status(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long status);
  * DMA mapping IDs for page_pool
  *
  * When DMA-mapping a page, page_pool allocates an ID (from an xarray) and
- * stashes it in the upper bits of page->pp_magic. We always want to be able to
- * unambiguously identify page pool pages (using page_pool_page_is_pp()). Non-PP
- * pages can have arbitrary kernel pointers stored in the same field as pp_magic
- * (since it overlaps with page->lru.next), so we must ensure that we cannot
+ * stashes it in the upper bits of page->pp_magic. Non-PP pages can have
+ * arbitrary kernel pointers stored in the same field as pp_magic (since
+ * it overlaps with page->lru.next), so we must ensure that we cannot
  * mistake a valid kernel pointer with any of the values we write into this
  * field.
  *
@@ -4290,26 +4289,6 @@ int arch_lock_shadow_stack_status(struct task_struct *t, unsigned long status);
 #define PP_DMA_INDEX_MASK GENMASK(PP_DMA_INDEX_BITS + PP_DMA_INDEX_SHIFT - 1, \
 				  PP_DMA_INDEX_SHIFT)
 
-/* Mask used for checking in page_pool_page_is_pp() below. page->pp_magic is
- * OR'ed with PP_SIGNATURE after the allocation in order to preserve bit 0 for
- * the head page of compound page and bit 1 for pfmemalloc page, as well as the
- * bits used for the DMA index. page_is_pfmemalloc() is checked in
- * __page_pool_put_page() to avoid recycling the pfmemalloc page.
- */
-#define PP_MAGIC_MASK ~(PP_DMA_INDEX_MASK | 0x3UL)
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_POOL
-static inline bool page_pool_page_is_pp(const struct page *page)
-{
-	return (page->pp_magic & PP_MAGIC_MASK) == PP_SIGNATURE;
-}
-#else
-static inline bool page_pool_page_is_pp(const struct page *page)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-#endif
-
 #define PAGE_SNAPSHOT_FAITHFUL (1 << 0)
 #define PAGE_SNAPSHOT_PG_BUDDY (1 << 1)
 #define PAGE_SNAPSHOT_PG_IDLE  (1 << 2)
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index 0091ad1986bf..edf5418c91dd 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@ enum pagetype {
 	PGTY_zsmalloc		= 0xf6,
 	PGTY_unaccepted		= 0xf7,
 	PGTY_large_kmalloc	= 0xf8,
+	PGTY_netpp		= 0xf9,
 
 	PGTY_mapcount_underflow = 0xff
 };
@@ -1078,6 +1079,11 @@ PAGE_TYPE_OPS(Zsmalloc, zsmalloc, zsmalloc)
 PAGE_TYPE_OPS(Unaccepted, unaccepted, unaccepted)
 FOLIO_TYPE_OPS(large_kmalloc, large_kmalloc)
 
+/*
+ * Marks page_pool allocated pages.
+ */
+PAGE_TYPE_OPS(Netpp, netpp, netpp)
+
 /**
  * PageHuge - Determine if the page belongs to hugetlbfs
  * @page: The page to test.
diff --git a/include/net/netmem.h b/include/net/netmem.h
index 651e2c62d1dd..b42d75ecd411 100644
--- a/include/net/netmem.h
+++ b/include/net/netmem.h
@@ -114,10 +114,21 @@ struct net_iov {
 			atomic_long_t pp_ref_count;
 		};
 	};
+
+	unsigned int page_type;
 	struct net_iov_area *owner;
 	enum net_iov_type type;
 };
 
+/* Make sure 'the offset of page_type in struct page == the offset of
+ * type in struct net_iov'.
+ */
+#define NET_IOV_ASSERT_OFFSET(pg, iov)			\
+	static_assert(offsetof(struct page, pg) ==	\
+		      offsetof(struct net_iov, iov))
+NET_IOV_ASSERT_OFFSET(page_type, page_type);
+#undef NET_IOV_ASSERT_OFFSET
+
 struct net_iov_area {
 	/* Array of net_iovs for this area. */
 	struct net_iov *niovs;
@@ -260,7 +271,7 @@ static inline unsigned long netmem_pfn_trace(netmem_ref netmem)
  */
 #define pp_page_to_nmdesc(p)						\
 ({									\
-	DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!page_pool_page_is_pp(p));		\
+	DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(!PageNetpp(p));				\
 	__pp_page_to_nmdesc(p);						\
 })
 
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 600d9e981c23..01dd14123065 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1041,7 +1041,6 @@ static inline bool page_expected_state(struct page *page,
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
 			page->memcg_data |
 #endif
-			page_pool_page_is_pp(page) |
 			(page->flags.f & check_flags)))
 		return false;
 
@@ -1068,8 +1067,6 @@ static const char *page_bad_reason(struct page *page, unsigned long flags)
 	if (unlikely(page->memcg_data))
 		bad_reason = "page still charged to cgroup";
 #endif
-	if (unlikely(page_pool_page_is_pp(page)))
-		bad_reason = "page_pool leak";
 	return bad_reason;
 }
 
@@ -1378,9 +1375,12 @@ __always_inline bool free_pages_prepare(struct page *page,
 		mod_mthp_stat(order, MTHP_STAT_NR_ANON, -1);
 		folio->mapping = NULL;
 	}
-	if (unlikely(page_has_type(page)))
+	if (unlikely(page_has_type(page))) {
+		/* networking expects to clear its page type before releasing */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(PageNetpp(page));
 		/* Reset the page_type (which overlays _mapcount) */
 		page->page_type = UINT_MAX;
+	}
 
 	if (is_check_pages_enabled()) {
 		if (free_page_is_bad(page))
diff --git a/net/core/netmem_priv.h b/net/core/netmem_priv.h
index 23175cb2bd86..6b7d90b8ebb9 100644
--- a/net/core/netmem_priv.h
+++ b/net/core/netmem_priv.h
@@ -8,21 +8,15 @@ static inline unsigned long netmem_get_pp_magic(netmem_ref netmem)
 	return netmem_to_nmdesc(netmem)->pp_magic & ~PP_DMA_INDEX_MASK;
 }
 
-static inline void netmem_or_pp_magic(netmem_ref netmem, unsigned long pp_magic)
-{
-	netmem_to_nmdesc(netmem)->pp_magic |= pp_magic;
-}
-
-static inline void netmem_clear_pp_magic(netmem_ref netmem)
-{
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(netmem_to_nmdesc(netmem)->pp_magic & PP_DMA_INDEX_MASK);
-
-	netmem_to_nmdesc(netmem)->pp_magic = 0;
-}
-
 static inline bool netmem_is_pp(netmem_ref netmem)
 {
-	return (netmem_get_pp_magic(netmem) & PP_MAGIC_MASK) == PP_SIGNATURE;
+	/* XXX: Now that the offset of page_type is shared between
+	 * struct page and net_iov, just cast the netmem to struct page
+	 * unconditionally by clearing NET_IOV if any, no matter whether
+	 * it comes from struct net_iov or struct page.  This should be
+	 * adjusted once the offset is no longer shared.
+	 */
+	return PageNetpp(__netmem_to_page((__force unsigned long)netmem & ~NET_IOV));
 }
 
 static inline void netmem_set_pp(netmem_ref netmem, struct page_pool *pool)
diff --git a/net/core/page_pool.c b/net/core/page_pool.c
index 1a5edec485f1..27650ca789d1 100644
--- a/net/core/page_pool.c
+++ b/net/core/page_pool.c
@@ -699,7 +699,14 @@ s32 page_pool_inflight(const struct page_pool *pool, bool strict)
 void page_pool_set_pp_info(struct page_pool *pool, netmem_ref netmem)
 {
 	netmem_set_pp(netmem, pool);
-	netmem_or_pp_magic(netmem, PP_SIGNATURE);
+
+	/* XXX: Now that the offset of page_type is shared between
+	 * struct page and net_iov, just cast the netmem to struct page
+	 * unconditionally by clearing NET_IOV if any, no matter whether
+	 * it comes from struct net_iov or struct page.  This should be
+	 * adjusted once the offset is no longer shared.
+	 */
+	__SetPageNetpp(__netmem_to_page((__force unsigned long)netmem & ~NET_IOV));
 
 	/* Ensuring all pages have been split into one fragment initially:
 	 * page_pool_set_pp_info() is only called once for every page when it
@@ -714,7 +721,14 @@ void page_pool_set_pp_info(struct page_pool *pool, netmem_ref netmem)
 
 void page_pool_clear_pp_info(netmem_ref netmem)
 {
-	netmem_clear_pp_magic(netmem);
+	/* XXX: Now that the offset of page_type is shared between
+	 * struct page and net_iov, just cast the netmem to struct page
+	 * unconditionally by clearing NET_IOV if any, no matter whether
+	 * it comes from struct net_iov or struct page.  This should be
+	 * adjusted once the offset is no longer shared.
+	 */
+	__ClearPageNetpp(__netmem_to_page((__force unsigned long)netmem & ~NET_IOV));
+
 	netmem_set_pp(netmem, NULL);
 }