netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] virtio: Add ability to detach unused buffers from vrings

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Date:	Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:59:11 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	mashirle@...ibm.com, mst@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] virtio: Add ability to detach unused buffers from
 vrings

From: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:49:05 +1030

> From: Shirley Ma <mashirle@...ibm.com>
> 
> There's currently no way for a virtio driver to ask for unused
> buffers, so it has to keep a list itself to reclaim them at shutdown.
> This is redundant, since virtio_ring stores that information.  So
> add a new hook to do this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shirley Ma <xma@...ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>

Applied.
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