From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
To: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Cc: passt-dev@passt.top, Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] tap, tcp: (Re-)abstract TAP specific header handling
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:47:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240430204718.520f3b5b@elisabeth> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240429070933.1366881-6-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:09:31 +1000
David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:
> Recent changes to the TCP code (reworking of the buffer handling) have
> meant that it now (again) deals explicitly with the MODE_PASST specific
> vnet_len field, instead of using the (partial) abstractions provided by the
> tap layer.
>
> The abstractions we had don't work for the new TCP structure, so make some
> new ones that do: tap_hdr_iov() which constructs an iovec suitable for
> containing (just) the TAP specific header and tap_hdr_update() which
> updates it as necessary per-packet.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
> ---
> tap.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> tcp.c | 40 +++++++++++++++-------------------------
> 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tap.h b/tap.h
> index dbc23b31..75aa3f03 100644
> --- a/tap.h
> +++ b/tap.h
> @@ -16,6 +16,33 @@ struct tap_hdr {
> uint32_t vnet_len;
> } __attribute__((packed));
>
> +/**
> + * tap_hdr_iov() - struct iovec for a tap header
> + * @c: Execution context
> + * @taph: Pointer to tap specific header buffer
> + *
> + * Returns: A struct iovec covering the correct portion of @taph to use as the
> + * TAP specific header in the current configuration.
Nit: s/TAP/tap/ (not an acronym).
--
Stefano
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-04-30 18:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-04-29 7:09 [PATCH 0/7] Small improvements to IOV handling David Gibson
2024-04-29 7:09 ` [PATCH 1/7] checksum: Use proto_ipv6_header_psum() for ICMPv6 as well David Gibson
2024-04-29 7:09 ` [PATCH 2/7] tap: Split tap specific and L2 (ethernet) headers David Gibson
2024-04-30 18:46 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-04-30 23:53 ` David Gibson
2024-04-29 7:09 ` [PATCH 3/7] treewide: Standardise variable names for various packet lengths David Gibson
2024-04-30 18:46 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-05-01 0:05 ` David Gibson
2024-04-29 7:09 ` [PATCH 4/7] tcp: Simplify packet length calculation when preparing headers David Gibson
2024-04-29 7:09 ` [PATCH 5/7] tap, tcp: (Re-)abstract TAP specific header handling David Gibson
2024-04-30 18:47 ` Stefano Brivio [this message]
2024-05-01 0:06 ` David Gibson
2024-04-29 7:09 ` [PATCH 6/7] iov: Helper macro to construct iovs covering existing variables or fields David Gibson
2024-04-30 18:47 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-05-01 0:09 ` David Gibson
2024-04-29 7:09 ` [PATCH 7/7] tcp: Update tap specific header too in tcp_fill_headers[46]() David Gibson
2024-04-30 18:48 ` Stefano Brivio
2024-05-01 0:10 ` David Gibson
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