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authorRodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>2024-04-02 08:17:13 -0400
committerRodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>2024-04-02 08:17:13 -0400
commit5add703f6acad1c63f8a532b6de56e50d548e904 (patch)
treebe39a82716119cd8b7cf7e2734baf8cd9a80ceb7 /include/net/netmem.h
parent71cdfa8cad300caa7afcbba09776bbc8dcfa9e39 (diff)
parent39cd87c4eb2b893354f3b850f916353f2658ae6f (diff)
Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-next
Catching up on 6.9-rc2 Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ *
+ * Network memory
+ *
+ * Author: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@google.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NET_NETMEM_H
+#define _NET_NETMEM_H
+
+/**
+ * typedef netmem_ref - a nonexistent type marking a reference to generic
+ * network memory.
+ *
+ * A netmem_ref currently is always a reference to a struct page. This
+ * abstraction is introduced so support for new memory types can be added.
+ *
+ * Use the supplied helpers to obtain the underlying memory pointer and fields.
+ */
+typedef unsigned long __bitwise netmem_ref;
+
+/* This conversion fails (returns NULL) if the netmem_ref is not struct page
+ * backed.
+ *
+ * Currently struct page is the only possible netmem, and this helper never
+ * fails.
+ */
+static inline struct page *netmem_to_page(netmem_ref netmem)
+{
+ return (__force struct page *)netmem;
+}
+
+/* Converting from page to netmem is always safe, because a page can always be
+ * a netmem.
+ */
+static inline netmem_ref page_to_netmem(struct page *page)
+{
+ return (__force netmem_ref)page;
+}
+
+#endif /* _NET_NETMEM_H */