netdev - [PATCHv2 RFC 1/4] virtio_ring: add capacity check API

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Date:	Thu, 2 Jun 2011 18:42:59 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Carsten Otte <cotte@...ibm.com>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	linux390@...ibm.com, Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Shirley Ma <xma@...ibm.com>, lguest@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com>,
	Tom Lendacky <tahm@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, steved@...ibm.com,
	habanero@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCHv2 RFC 1/4] virtio_ring: add capacity check API

Add API to check ring capacity. Because of the option
to use indirect buffers, this returns the worst
case, not the normal case capacity.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c |    8 ++++++++
 include/linux/virtio.h       |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index 68b9136..23422f1 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -344,6 +344,14 @@ void *virtqueue_get_buf(struct virtqueue *_vq, unsigned int *len)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtqueue_get_buf);
 
+int virtqueue_min_capacity(struct virtqueue *_vq)
+{
+	struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
+
+	return vq->num_free;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtqueue_min_capacity);
+
 void virtqueue_disable_cb(struct virtqueue *_vq)
 {
 	struct vring_virtqueue *vq = to_vvq(_vq);
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
index 7108857..209220d 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ struct virtqueue {
  *	vq: the struct virtqueue we're talking about.
  *	len: the length written into the buffer
  *	Returns NULL or the "data" token handed to add_buf.
+ * virtqueue_min_capacity: get the current capacity of the queue
+ *	vq: the struct virtqueue we're talking about.
+ *	Returns the current worst case capacity of the queue.
  * virtqueue_disable_cb: disable callbacks
  *	vq: the struct virtqueue we're talking about.
  *	Note that this is not necessarily synchronous, hence unreliable and only
@@ -89,6 +92,8 @@ void virtqueue_kick(struct virtqueue *vq);
 
 void *virtqueue_get_buf(struct virtqueue *vq, unsigned int *len);
 
+int virtqueue_min_capacity(struct virtqueue *vq);
+
 void virtqueue_disable_cb(struct virtqueue *vq);
 
 bool virtqueue_enable_cb(struct virtqueue *vq);
-- 
1.7.5.53.gc233e

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