netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] xen-netback: add control protocol implementation

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Date:	Tue, 10 May 2016 14:29:18 +0100
From:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
To:	Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>
CC:	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/4] xen-netback: add control protocol
 implementation

On Thu, May 05, 2016 at 12:19:28PM +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
> My recent patch to include/xen/interface/io/netif.h defines a new shared
> ring (in addition to the rx and tx rings) for passing control messages
> from a VM frontend driver to a backend driver.
> 
> A previous patch added the necessary boilerplate for mapping the control
> ring from the frontend, should it be created. This patch adds
> implementations for each of the defined protocol messages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>
> Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/xen-netback/Makefile    |   2 +-
>  drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h    |  43 +++++
>  drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c      | 361 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c |  28 +++
>  drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c   |  49 ++++-
>  5 files changed, 480 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c
> 

Other than the issue mentioned by David, the code looks OK to me.

Wei.