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Message-ID: <ZJSavRFNNvSvoATt@d3>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 15:02:21 -0400
From: Benjamin Poirier <benjamin.poirier@...il.com>
To: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>
Cc: bpf@...r.kernel.org, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
	andrii@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	magnus.karlsson@...el.com, bjorn@...nel.org,
	tirthendu.sarkar@...el.com, simon.horman@...igine.com,
	toke@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 bpf-next 01/22] xsk: prepare 'options' in xdp_desc for
 multi-buffer use

On 2023-06-15 19:25 +0200, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> From: Tirthendu Sarkar <tirthendu.sarkar@...el.com>
> 
> Use the 'options' field in xdp_desc as a packet continuity marker. Since
> 'options' field was unused till now and was expected to be set to 0, the
> 'eop' descriptor will have it set to 0, while the non-eop descriptors
> will have to set it to 1. This ensures legacy applications continue to
> work without needing any change for single-buffer packets.
> 
> Add helper functions and extend xskq_prod_reserve_desc() to use the
> 'options' field.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tirthendu Sarkar <tirthendu.sarkar@...el.com>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/if_xdp.h |  7 +++++++
>  net/xdp/xsk.c               |  8 ++++----
>  net/xdp/xsk_queue.h         | 12 +++++++++---
>  3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
[...]
> diff --git a/net/xdp/xsk_queue.h b/net/xdp/xsk_queue.h
> index 6d40a77fccbe..ad81b19e6fdf 100644
> --- a/net/xdp/xsk_queue.h
> +++ b/net/xdp/xsk_queue.h
> @@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ static inline bool xskq_cons_read_addr_unchecked(struct xsk_queue *q, u64 *addr)
>  	return false;
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool xp_unused_options_set(u16 options)
                                            ^
To match struct xdp_desc, this should be u32, no?