On 15/03/2021 17:34, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> This new helper returns the total number of bytes covered by
> a vringh_kiov.
>
> Suggested-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/vringh.h | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/vringh.h b/include/linux/vringh.h
> index 755211ebd195..84db7b8f912f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/vringh.h
> +++ b/include/linux/vringh.h
> @@ -199,6 +199,17 @@ static inline void vringh_kiov_cleanup(struct vringh_kiov *kiov)
> kiov->iov = NULL;
> }
>
> +static inline size_t vringh_kiov_length(struct vringh_kiov *kiov)
> +{
> + size_t len = 0;
> + int i;
> +
> + for (i = kiov->i; i < kiov->used; i++)
> + len += kiov->iov[i].iov_len;
> +
> + return len;
> +}
Do we really need an helper?
For instance, we can use:
len = iov_length((struct iovec *)kiov->iov, kiov->used);
Or do we want to avoid the cast?
Thanks,
Laurent
