From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
Cc: passt-dev@passt.top
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/18] tcp: Improve interface to tcp_l2_buf_flush()
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 15:53:01 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y7ZXreIbcbsXcpmc@yekko> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230104184516.30e10877@elisabeth>
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On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 06:45:16PM +0100, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Dec 2022 16:42:15 +1100
> David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:
>
> > Currently this takes a msghdr, but the only thing we actually care about
> > in there in is the io vector. Make it take an io vector directly. We also
>
> s/in is/is/, if you re-spin.
Fixed.
> > have a weird side effect of zeroing @buf_used. Just pass this by value
> > and zero it in the caller instead.
>
> That was done on purpose: call a "flush" function, and that will set the
> right value for @buf_used.
Hm, I guess. It seemed odd to me because most of the rest of the
management of the buf_used variables is open coded in the caller.
> On the other hand, after 3/18, I think both options are equally
> readable, and if you found it weird, so be it.
More to the point I think the old way obstructed the changes I make
later in the series.
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-12-09 5:42 [PATCH v2 00/18] RFC: Unify and simplify tap send path David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 01/18] pcap: Introduce pcap_frame() helper David Gibson
2023-01-04 17:45 ` Stefano Brivio
2023-01-05 4:47 ` David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 02/18] pcap: Replace pcapm() with pcap_multiple() David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 03/18] tcp: Combine two parts of passt tap send path together David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 04/18] tcp: Don't keep compute total bytes in a message until we need it David Gibson
2023-01-04 17:45 ` Stefano Brivio
2023-01-05 4:48 ` David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 05/18] tcp: Improve interface to tcp_l2_buf_flush() David Gibson
2023-01-04 17:45 ` Stefano Brivio
2023-01-05 4:53 ` David Gibson [this message]
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 06/18] tcp: Combine two parts of pasta tap send path together David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 07/18] tap, tcp: Move tap send path to tap.c David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 08/18] util: Introduce hton*_constant() in place of #ifdefs David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 09/18] tcp, udp: Use named field initializers in iov_init functions David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 10/18] util: Parameterize ethernet header initializer macro David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 11/18] tcp: Remove redundant and incorrect initialization from *_iov_init() David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 12/18] tcp: Consolidate calculation of total frame size David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 13/18] tap: Add "tap headers" abstraction David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 14/18] tcp: Use abstracted tap header David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 15/18] tap: Use different io vector bases depending on tap type David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 16/18] udp: Use abstracted tap header David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 17/18] udp: Use tap_send_frames() David Gibson
2023-01-04 17:45 ` Stefano Brivio
2023-01-05 4:54 ` David Gibson
2022-12-09 5:42 ` [PATCH v2 18/18] tap: Improve handling of partial frame sends David Gibson
2023-01-04 17:45 ` Stefano Brivio
2023-01-05 4:57 ` David Gibson
2023-01-04 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 00/18] RFC: Unify and simplify tap send path Stefano Brivio
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