netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] virtio_net: pass well-formed sgs to virtqueue_add

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Date:	Tue, 2 Sep 2014 21:54:11 -0700
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Linux Virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] virtio_net: pass well-formed sgs to virtqueue_add_*()

On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> wrote:
> This is the only driver which doesn't hand virtqueue_add_inbuf and
> virtqueue_add_outbuf a well-formed, well-terminated sg.  Fix it,
> so we can make virtio_add_* simpler.

OK, I get it now: you're reinitializing the table every time, clearing
old end marks.  There's room to microoptimize this, but it's probably
not worth it.

IOW, looks good to me.

--Andy
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