From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753899Ab3GXTnc (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:43:32 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:28520 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753415Ab3GXTn2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:43:28 -0400 Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 22:44:42 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: Rusty Russell Cc: David Miller , 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: <20130724194442.GA20441@redhat.com> References: <8761wc38ea.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20130716.123326.798365002638711260.davem@davemloft.net> <20130717050032.GB10482@redhat.com> <20130716.220529.49723311269417873.davem@davemloft.net> <8761w9zptv.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8761w9zptv.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 03:32:36PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > David Miller writes: > > From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" > > 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 > >>> 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? > > > > -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. > > Thanks for letting me know. I'm sure that works well for others, but I > can't follow the mailing lists of every maintainer I deal with. > > Fortunately, you're the paragon for acking applied patches, so if I hit > this failure mode again I will know. > > Cheers, > Rusty. In case you missed this, net-next opened Fri, 19 Jul 2013. -- MST 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, 24 Jul 2013 22:44:42 +0300 Message-ID: <20130724194442.GA20441@redhat.com> References: <8761wc38ea.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <20130716.123326.798365002638711260.davem@davemloft.net> <20130717050032.GB10482@redhat.com> <20130716.220529.49723311269417873.davem@davemloft.net> <8761w9zptv.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> 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, David Miller To: Rusty Russell Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8761w9zptv.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> 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 Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 03:32:36PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > David Miller writes: > > From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" > > 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 > >>> 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? > > > > -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. > > Thanks for letting me know. I'm sure that works well for others, but I > can't follow the mailing lists of every maintainer I deal with. > > Fortunately, you're the paragon for acking applied patches, so if I hit > this failure mode again I will know. > > Cheers, > Rusty. In case you missed this, net-next opened Fri, 19 Jul 2013. -- MST