Re: [PATCH 3/6] virtio: allow extra context per descriptor
From: Cornelia Huck <hidden>
Date: 2017-03-30 07:23:29
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2017 23:48:53 +0300 "Michael S. Tsirkin" [off-list ref] wrote:
Allow extra context per descriptor. To avoid slow down for data path, this disables use of indirect descriptors for this vq. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> --- drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- include/linux/virtio.h | 9 ++++++ 2 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
/** + * virtqueue_add_inbuf_ctx - expose input buffers to other end + * @vq: the struct virtqueue we're talking about. + * @sg: scatterlist (must be well-formed and terminated!) + * @num: the number of entries in @sg writable by other side + * @data: the token identifying the buffer. + * @ctx: extra context for the token
I think that needs do that ctx != NULL collides with indirect descriptors.
+ * @gfp: how to do memory allocations (if necessary).
+ *
+ * Caller must ensure we don't call this with other virtqueue operations
+ * at the same time (except where noted).
+ *
+ * Returns zero or a negative error (ie. ENOSPC, ENOMEM, EIO).
+ */
+int virtqueue_add_inbuf_ctx(struct virtqueue *vq,
+ struct scatterlist *sg, unsigned int num,
+ void *data,
+ void *ctx,
+ gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ return virtqueue_add(vq, &sg, num, 0, 1, data, ctx, gfp);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtqueue_add_inbuf_ctx);