linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tools/virtio: fix byteswap logic

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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2015 11:02:15 +0100
From:	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg Kurz <gkurz@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools/virtio: fix byteswap logic

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:33:34 +0200
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:

> commit cf561f0d2eb74574ad9985a2feab134267a9d298 ("virtio: introduce
> virtio_is_little_endian() helper") changed byteswap logic to
> skip feature bit checks for LE platforms, but didn't
> update tools/virtio, so vring_bench started failing.
> 
> Update the copy under tools/virtio/ (TODO: find a way to avoid this code
> duplication).

Not to mention that it is easy to miss the code duplication...

> 
> Cc: Greg Kurz <gkurz@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> ---
>  tools/virtio/linux/virtio_config.h | 20 +++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>

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