netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v2 0/5] XDP adjust head support for virtio

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Date:   Wed, 8 Feb 2017 08:39:13 -0800
From:   John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     kubakici@...pl, jasowang@...hat.com, ast@...com,
        john.r.fastabend@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2 0/5] XDP adjust head support for virtio

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> However, I came up with a new idea for the future and I'd like to show
> where I'm going.  The idea is that we don't use s/g buffers on RX, so we
> have a pointer per descriptor untapped.  So we can allow users to stick
> their own pointer in there, if they promise not to use s/g on this vq.
> With a full extra pointer to play with, we can go wild.

I looked at this quickly it seems like it would work and allow us to avoid
the reset. However, it seems like a lot of churn to avoid a single reset.
I don't see the reset itself as being that bad of an operation. I agree the
reset is not ideal though.

Are there any other use cases for this other than XDP?

> 
> Take a look but it doesn't even build yet.
> Need to roll it out to all devices etc.
> 
> --->
> 

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