David Miller
2013-Jul-16 19:33 UTC
[PATCH] virtio-net: put virtio net header inline with data
From: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:13:25 +0930> From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> > > For small packets we can simplify xmit processing > by linearizing buffers with the header: > most packets seem to have enough head room > we can use for this purpose. > Since existing hypervisors require that header > is the first s/g element, we need a feature bit > for this. > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> > Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au>I really think this has to wait until the next merge window, sorry. Please resubmit this when I open net-next back up, thanks.
Rusty Russell
2013-Jul-17 00:08 UTC
[PATCH] virtio-net: put virtio net header inline with data
David Miller <davem at davemloft.net> writes:> From: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:13:25 +0930 > >> From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> >> >> For small packets we can simplify xmit processing >> by linearizing buffers with the header: >> most packets seem to have enough head room >> we can use for this purpose. >> Since existing hypervisors require that header >> is the first s/g element, we need a feature bit >> for this. >> >> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> >> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> > > I really think this has to wait until the next merge window, sorry. > > Please resubmit this when I open net-next back up, thanks.Oh, assumed it was already open. Will re-submit then. Cheers, Rusty.
Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-Jul-17 05:00 UTC
[PATCH] virtio-net: put virtio net header inline with data
On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:33:26PM -0700, David Miller wrote:> From: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:13:25 +0930 > > > From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> > > > > For small packets we can simplify xmit processing > > by linearizing buffers with the header: > > most packets seem to have enough head room > > we can use for this purpose. > > Since existing hypervisors require that header > > is the first s/g element, we need a feature bit > > for this. > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> > > Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> > > I really think this has to wait until the next merge window, sorry. > > Please resubmit this when I open net-next back up, thanks.I assumed since -rc1 is out net-next is already open?
David Miller
2013-Jul-17 05:05 UTC
[PATCH] virtio-net: put virtio net header inline with data
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:00:32 +0300> On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:33:26PM -0700, David Miller wrote: >> From: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> >> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:13:25 +0930 >> >> > From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> >> > >> > For small packets we can simplify xmit processing >> > by linearizing buffers with the header: >> > most packets seem to have enough head room >> > we can use for this purpose. >> > Since existing hypervisors require that header >> > is the first s/g element, we need a feature bit >> > for this. >> > >> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> >> > Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> >> >> I really think this has to wait until the next merge window, sorry. >> >> Please resubmit this when I open net-next back up, thanks. > > I assumed since -rc1 is out net-next is already open?-rc1 being released never makes net-next open. Instead, I explicitly open it up at some point in time after -rc1 when I feel that things have settled down enough. And when that happens, I announce so here. So you have to follow my announcements here on netdev to know when net-next is actually open.
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