similar to: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] virtio-net: put virtio net header inline with data

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

On 06/06/2013 05:55 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > 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 some older hypervisors (e.g. qemu before version 1.5) > required that header is the first s/g element, > we need a feature bit for this. > >

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> --- Note: this needs to be applied on top of patch defining

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> --- Note: this needs to be applied on top of patch defining

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 some older hypervisors (e.g. qemu before version 1.5) required 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> --- This is a repost of my old

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 some older hypervisors (e.g. qemu before version 1.5) required 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> --- This is a repost of my old

"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> writes: > 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 some older hypervisors (e.g. qemu before version 1.5) > required that header is the first s/g element, > we need a feature bit for this.

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 90

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 90

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 88

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 88

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 90

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 90

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck at

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck at

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck at

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck at

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck at

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck at

virtio 1.0 doesn't use virtio_net_hdr anymore, and in fact, it's not really useful since virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf includes that as the first field anyway. Let's drop it, precalculate header len and store within vi instead. This way we can also remove struct skb_vnet_hdr. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck at