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

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Date:	Tue, 10 May 2016 13:46:37 +0000
From:	Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@...rix.com>
To:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
CC:	"xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 2/4] xen-netback: add control protocol
 implementation

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wei Liu [mailto:wei.liu2@...rix.com]
> Sent: 10 May 2016 14:29
> To: Paul Durrant
> Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Wei Liu
> 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.
> 

Cool, thanks. I should have the RCU-based hash code done in the next day or so.

  Paul

> Wei.