netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/4] xen-netback: add control ring boilerplate

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Message-ID: <20160511160244.GG8063@citrix.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 May 2016 17:02:44 +0100
From:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
To:	Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>
CC:	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/4] xen-netback: add control ring boilerplate

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 04:33:34PM +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.
> 
> This patch adds the necessary code to xen-netback to map this new shared
> ring, should it be created by a frontend, but does not add implementations
> for any of the defined protocol messages. These are added in a subsequent
> patch for clarity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>

Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>