From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751764Ab3GQE7W (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:59:22 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:53812 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751057Ab3GQE7V (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:59:21 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:00:32 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: David Miller Cc: rusty@rustcorp.com.au, netdev@vger.kernel.org, jasowang@redhat.com, amwang@redhat.com, akong@redhat.com, davej@redhat.com, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: put virtio net header inline with data Message-ID: <20130717050032.GB10482@redhat.com> References: <87vc4kcfzg.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20130709.213807.350021632586146971.davem@davemloft.net> <8761wc38ea.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20130716.123326.798365002638711260.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130716.123326.798365002638711260.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:33:26PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Rusty Russell > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:13:25 +0930 > > > From: Michael S. Tsirkin > > > > 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 > > Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell > > 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? From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio-net: put virtio net header inline with data Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:00:32 +0300 Message-ID: <20130717050032.GB10482@redhat.com> References: <87vc4kcfzg.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20130709.213807.350021632586146971.davem@davemloft.net> <8761wc38ea.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20130716.123326.798365002638711260.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: amwang@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, davej@redhat.com To: David Miller Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130716.123326.798365002638711260.davem@davemloft.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:33:26PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Rusty Russell > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:13:25 +0930 > > > From: Michael S. Tsirkin > > > > 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 > > Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell > > 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?