Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 0/4] xdp: reuse generic skb XDP handling for veth

From: Maciej Fijalkowski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 19:12:11 +0200

On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 02:55:42PM +0200, Björn Töpel wrote:
> Maciej Fijalkowski <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> (veth XDP makes me dizzy...)
> 
> > In particular, let's discuss:
> >
> >   - whether MEM_TYPE_PAGE_POOL_OR_SHARED is an acceptable way to describe
> >     skb-backed generic XDP memory that may be page_pool-backed after COW
> >     or ordinary page-shared memory otherwise;
> 
> Let's start with naming! I'd prefer making it more explicit:
> 
>     MEM_TYPE_GENERIC_SKB?
>     MEM_TYPE_SKB_XDP?
>     ...?

Mine variant was ugly but self-explanatory...however I can change it, no
problem. Other idea would be MEM_TYPE_MIXED ?

> Björn