netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] virtio_net: Add a virtqueue for outbound control commands

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Date:	Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:10:04 -0600
From:	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
CC:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...com>, markmc@...hat.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] virtio_net: Add a virtqueue for outbound control
 commands

Hi Alex,

Can you post the userspace side of this to qemu-devel (against QEMU SVN) 
and I'll review/apply.  I've already looked through the series a couple 
times and I don't think there are any major issues.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Monday 02 February 2009 06:35:10 Alex Williamson wrote:
>
>   
>> +static bool virtnet_send_command(struct virtnet_info *vi, u8 class, u8 cmd,
>> +				 struct scatterlist data[], int out, int in)
>> +{
>> +	struct scatterlist sg[VIRTIO_NET_MAX_CTRL_ARGS];
>>     
> ...
>   
>> diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
>> index f76bd4a..f28a72a 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
>>     
> ...
>   
>> +#define VIRTIO_NET_MAX_CTRL_ARGS   2
>>     
>
> I think this definition belongs at the top of virtio_net.c; the others
> are userspace-exposed, this is really an internal issue, no?
>
> Other than that, you can add Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> and send to netdev for DaveM's tree.
>
> Thanks!
> Rusty.
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