netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/5] virtio_ring: add 'flushed' as an argument to virtqueue

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Message-ID: <CACGkMEu=zjbnyLGLESsSUx_J_KkcKHYo2dBDuQ_evvkOuJ=bEw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 10:44:50 +0800
From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To: Koichiro Den <koichiro.den@...onical.com>
Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, mst@...hat.com, xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com, 
	eperezma@...hat.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net, 
	edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, jiri@...nulli.us, 
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/5] virtio_ring: add 'flushed' as an argument
 to virtqueue_resize()

On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 3:31 PM Koichiro Den <koichiro.den@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> When virtqueue_resize() has actually recycled all unused buffers,
> additional work may be required in some cases. Relying solely on its
> return status is fragile, so introduce a new argument 'flushed' to
> explicitly indicate whether it has really occurred.
>
> Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <koichiro.den@...onical.com>

Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>

Thanks