On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 03:03:26PM +0100, Laurent Vivier wrote:
> Refactor vu_set_vnethdr() to take an iov_tail pointer instead of a
> direct pointer to the virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf structure.
> This makes the function use IOV_PEEK_HEADER() and IOV_PUT_HEADER()
> to read and write the virtio-net header through the iov_tail abstraction.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@redhat.com>

LGTM, with one nit.

> ---
>  tcp_vu.c    |  8 +++++---
>  udp_vu.c    |  3 +--
>  vu_common.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++--------
>  vu_common.h |  3 +--
>  4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tcp_vu.c b/tcp_vu.c
> index 98e5974fee0e..92667507ac9b 100644
> --- a/tcp_vu.c
> +++ b/tcp_vu.c
> @@ -94,10 +94,11 @@ int tcp_vu_send_flag(const struct ctx *c, struct tcp_tap_conn *conn, int flags)
>  	if (elem_cnt != 1)
>  		return -1;
>  
> -	ASSERT(flags_elem[0].in_sg[0].iov_len >=
> +	payload = IOV_TAIL(&flags_elem[0].in_sg[0], elem_cnt, 0);

Shouldn't a later initialization of payload be removed to match this?

> +	ASSERT(iov_tail_size(&payload) >=
>  	       MAX(hdrlen + sizeof(*opts), ETH_ZLEN + VNET_HLEN));
>  
> -	vu_set_vnethdr(vdev, flags_elem[0].in_sg[0].iov_base, 1);
> +	vu_set_vnethdr(vdev, &payload, 1);
>  
>  	eh = vu_eth(flags_elem[0].in_sg[0].iov_base);
>  
> @@ -448,11 +449,12 @@ int tcp_vu_data_from_sock(const struct ctx *c, struct tcp_tap_conn *conn)
>  	for (i = 0, previous_dlen = -1, check = NULL; i < head_cnt; i++) {
>  		struct iovec *iov = &elem[head[i]].in_sg[0];
>  		int buf_cnt = head[i + 1] - head[i];
> +		struct iov_tail data = IOV_TAIL(iov, buf_cnt, 0);
>  		ssize_t dlen = iov_size(iov, buf_cnt) - hdrlen;
>  		bool push = i == head_cnt - 1;
>  		size_t l2len;
>  
> -		vu_set_vnethdr(vdev, iov->iov_base, buf_cnt);
> +		vu_set_vnethdr(vdev, &data, buf_cnt);
>  
>  		/* The IPv4 header checksum varies only with dlen */
>  		if (previous_dlen != dlen)
> diff --git a/udp_vu.c b/udp_vu.c
> index 6d87f4872268..5ae79b9bb0c5 100644
> --- a/udp_vu.c
> +++ b/udp_vu.c
> @@ -234,8 +234,7 @@ void udp_vu_sock_to_tap(const struct ctx *c, int s, int n, flow_sidx_t tosidx)
>  		vu_queue_rewind(vq, elem_cnt - elem_used);
>  
>  		if (data.cnt > 0) {
> -			vu_set_vnethdr(vdev, data.iov[0].iov_base, elem_used);
> -			iov_drop_header(&data, VNET_HLEN);
> +			vu_set_vnethdr(vdev, &data, elem_used);
>  			udp_vu_prepare(c, &data, toside);
>  			if (*c->pcap) {
>  				udp_vu_csum(toside, &data);
> diff --git a/vu_common.c b/vu_common.c
> index 7a8cd18f4e81..a8d5fcdaea83 100644
> --- a/vu_common.c
> +++ b/vu_common.c
> @@ -120,18 +120,25 @@ int vu_collect(const struct vu_dev *vdev, struct vu_virtq *vq,
>  }
>  
>  /**
> - * vu_set_vnethdr() - set virtio-net headers
> + * vu_set_vnethdr() - set virtio-net header
>   * @vdev:		vhost-user device
> - * @vnethdr:		Address of the header to set
> + * @data:		IOV tail to write header to, updated to
> + * 			point after the virtio-net header
>   * @num_buffers:	Number of guest buffers of the frame
>   */
> -void vu_set_vnethdr(const struct vu_dev *vdev,
> -		    struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf *vnethdr,
> +void vu_set_vnethdr(const struct vu_dev *vdev, struct iov_tail *data,
>  		    int num_buffers)
>  {
> +	struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf vnethdr_storage, *vnethdr;
> +
> +	vnethdr = IOV_PEEK_HEADER(data, vnethdr_storage);
> +
>  	vnethdr->hdr = VU_HEADER;
> +
>  	if (vu_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF))
>  		vnethdr->num_buffers = htole16(num_buffers);
> +
> +	IOV_PUT_HEADER(data, vnethdr);
>  }
>  
>  /**
> @@ -248,6 +255,7 @@ int vu_send_single(const struct ctx *c, const void *buf, size_t size)
>  	struct vu_virtq *vq = &vdev->vq[VHOST_USER_RX_QUEUE];
>  	struct vu_virtq_element elem[VIRTQUEUE_MAX_SIZE];
>  	struct iovec in_sg[VIRTQUEUE_MAX_SIZE];
> +	struct iov_tail data;
>  	size_t total;
>  	int elem_cnt;
>  	int i;
> @@ -269,15 +277,15 @@ int vu_send_single(const struct ctx *c, const void *buf, size_t size)
>  		goto err;
>  	}
>  
> -	vu_set_vnethdr(vdev, in_sg[0].iov_base, elem_cnt);
> -
> +	data = IOV_TAIL(&in_sg[0], elem_cnt, 0);
> +	vu_set_vnethdr(vdev, &data, elem_cnt);
>  	total -= VNET_HLEN;
>  
>  	/* copy data from the buffer to the iovec */
> -	iov_from_buf(in_sg, elem_cnt, VNET_HLEN, buf, total);
> +	iov_from_buf(data.iov, data.cnt, data.off, buf, total);
>  
>  	if (*c->pcap)
> -		pcap_iov(in_sg, elem_cnt, VNET_HLEN);
> +		pcap_iov(data.iov, data.cnt, data.off);
>  
>  	vu_flush(vdev, vq, elem, elem_cnt);
>  
> diff --git a/vu_common.h b/vu_common.h
> index 052aff710502..41cf18936300 100644
> --- a/vu_common.h
> +++ b/vu_common.h
> @@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ void vu_init_elem(struct vu_virtq_element *elem, struct iovec *iov,
>  int vu_collect(const struct vu_dev *vdev, struct vu_virtq *vq,
>  	       struct vu_virtq_element *elem, int max_elem, size_t size,
>  	       size_t *collected);
> -void vu_set_vnethdr(const struct vu_dev *vdev,
> -		    struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf *vnethdr,
> +void vu_set_vnethdr(const struct vu_dev *vdev, struct iov_tail *data,
>  		    int num_buffers);
>  void vu_flush(const struct vu_dev *vdev, struct vu_virtq *vq,
>  	      struct vu_virtq_element *elem, int elem_cnt);
> -- 
> 2.53.0
> 

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