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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/af_xdp.rst b/Documentation/networking/af_xdp.rst index eeedc2e826aa..83f7ae5fc045 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/af_xdp.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/af_xdp.rst @@ -153,10 +153,12 @@ an example, if the UMEM is 64k and each chunk is 4k, then the UMEM has Frames passed to the kernel are used for the ingress path (RX rings). -The user application produces UMEM addrs to this ring. Note that the -kernel will mask the incoming addr. E.g. for a chunk size of 2k, the -log2(2048) LSB of the addr will be masked off, meaning that 2048, 2050 -and 3000 refers to the same chunk. +The user application produces UMEM addrs to this ring. Note that, if +running the application with aligned chunk mode, the kernel will mask +the incoming addr. E.g. for a chunk size of 2k, the log2(2048) LSB of +the addr will be masked off, meaning that 2048, 2050 and 3000 refers +to the same chunk. If the user application is run in the unaligned +chunks mode, then the incoming addr will be left untouched. UMEM Completion Ring |