* [PATCH v2 1/7] tap: Move the tap_hdr file to a separate file
@ 2026-10-16 20:35 Ammar Yasser
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ammar Yasser @ 2026-10-16 20:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: passt-dev; +Cc: Eugenio Pérez
It was defined in tap.h, put it on its own so that future callers won't
need to depend on all definitions in tap.h.
Also turn it into a union of a vnet_len and virtio_net_mrg_rxbuf
because for vhost acceleration the frames will have this virtio net
header prepended to them.
Signed-off-by: Ammar Yasser <aerosound161@gmail.com>
---
tap.h | 9 +--------
tap_hdr.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tap_hdr.h
diff --git a/tap.h b/tap.h
index b335933..1625975 100644
--- a/tap.h
+++ b/tap.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <stdint.h>
#include "passt.h"
+#include "tap_hdr.h"
/** L2_MAX_LEN_PASTA - Maximum frame length for pasta mode (with L2 header)
*
@@ -38,14 +39,6 @@
struct udphdr;
-/**
- * struct tap_hdr - tap backend specific headers
- * @vnet_len: Frame length (for qemu socket transport)
- */
-struct tap_hdr {
- uint32_t vnet_len;
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
/**
* tap_hdr_iov() - struct iovec for a tap header
* @c: Execution context
diff --git a/tap_hdr.h b/tap_hdr.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4156f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tap_hdr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Red Hat GmbH
+ * Author: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
+ */
+
+#ifndef TAP_HDR_H
+#define TAP_HDR_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <linux/virtio_net.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct tap_hdr - tap backend specific headers
+ * @vnet_len: Frame length (for qemu socket transport)
+ */
+struct tap_hdr {
+ union {
+ uint32_t vnet_len;
+ struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf hdr;
+ };
+};
+
+#endif /* TAP_HDR_H */
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)
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* [PATCH v2 1/7] tap: Move the tap_hdr file to a separate file
2026-10-16 20:49 [PATCH v2 0/7] Add vhost-net kernel support to pasta aerosouund
@ 2026-10-16 20:49 ` aerosouund
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: aerosouund @ 2026-10-16 20:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: aerosound161, passt-dev
From: Ammar Yasser <aerosound161@gmail.com>
It was defined in tap.h, put it on its own so that future callers won't
need to depend on all definitions in tap.h.
Also turn it into a union of a vnet_len and virtio_net_mrg_rxbuf
because for vhost acceleration the frames will have this virtio net
header prepended to them.
Signed-off-by: Ammar Yasser <aerosound161@gmail.com>
---
tap.h | 9 +--------
tap_hdr.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tap_hdr.h
diff --git a/tap.h b/tap.h
index b335933..1625975 100644
--- a/tap.h
+++ b/tap.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <stdint.h>
#include "passt.h"
+#include "tap_hdr.h"
/** L2_MAX_LEN_PASTA - Maximum frame length for pasta mode (with L2 header)
*
@@ -38,14 +39,6 @@
struct udphdr;
-/**
- * struct tap_hdr - tap backend specific headers
- * @vnet_len: Frame length (for qemu socket transport)
- */
-struct tap_hdr {
- uint32_t vnet_len;
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
/**
* tap_hdr_iov() - struct iovec for a tap header
* @c: Execution context
diff --git a/tap_hdr.h b/tap_hdr.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4156f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tap_hdr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Red Hat GmbH
+ * Author: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
+ */
+
+#ifndef TAP_HDR_H
+#define TAP_HDR_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <linux/virtio_net.h>
+
+/**
+ * struct tap_hdr - tap backend specific headers
+ * @vnet_len: Frame length (for qemu socket transport)
+ */
+struct tap_hdr {
+ union {
+ uint32_t vnet_len;
+ struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf hdr;
+ };
+};
+
+#endif /* TAP_HDR_H */
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)
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