netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio_net: Defer skb allocation in receive path

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Date:	Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:25:44 -0800
From:	Shirley Ma <mashirle@...ibm.com>
To:	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] virtio_net: Defer skb allocation in receive path

Hello Amit,

Sorry for late response. I am just back from vacation.

On Thu, 2009-12-24 at 19:07 +0530, Amit Shah wrote:
> > +static void free_unused_bufs(struct virtnet_info *vi)
> > +{
> > +     void *buf;
> > +     while (vi->num) {
> > +             buf = vi->rvq->vq_ops->detach_unused_buf(vi->rvq);
> > +             if (!buf)
> > +                     continue;
> 
> Do you mean 'break' here?

Nope, it means break since the buffer usage is not sorted by descriptors
from my understanding. It breaks when vi->num reaches 0.

Thanks
Shirley

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