netdev - Re: [PATCH v8 4/5] ptr_ring: resize support

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:04:28 +0200
From:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, brouer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 4/5] ptr_ring: resize support

On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 23:54:45 +0300
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> wrote:

> This adds ring resize support. Seems to be necessary as
> users such as tun allow userspace control over queue size.
> 
> If resize is used, this costs us ability to peek at queue without
> consumer lock - should not be a big deal as peek and consumer are
> usually run on the same CPU.
> 
> If ring is made bigger, ring contents is preserved.  If ring is made
> smaller, extra pointers are passed to an optional destructor callback.
> 
> Cleanup function also gains destructor callback such that
> all pointers in queue can be cleaned up.
> 
> This changes some APIs but we don't have any users yet,
> so it won't break bisect.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>

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