netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] vhost/vsock: split packets to send using multiple buffers

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Date:   Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:06:32 +0100
From:   Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
To:     Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] vhost/vsock: split packets to send using multiple
 buffers

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 01:30:29PM +0200, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> If the packets to sent to the guest are bigger than the buffer
> available, we can split them, using multiple buffers and fixing
> the length in the packet header.
> This is safe since virtio-vsock supports only stream sockets.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/vhost/vsock.c                   | 66 ++++++++++++++++++-------
>  net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c | 15 ++++--
>  2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>

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