Re: [PATCH v8 4/5] ptr_ring: resize support

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On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 23:54:45 +0300
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This adds ring resize support. Seems to be necessary as
> users such as tun allow userspace control over queue size.
> 
> If resize is used, this costs us ability to peek at queue without
> consumer lock - should not be a big deal as peek and consumer are
> usually run on the same CPU.
> 
> If ring is made bigger, ring contents is preserved.  If ring is made
> smaller, extra pointers are passed to an optional destructor callback.
> 
> Cleanup function also gains destructor callback such that
> all pointers in queue can be cleaned up.
> 
> This changes some APIs but we don't have any users yet,
> so it won't break bisect.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx>

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