Re: [PATCH RFC 3/3] Virtio draft III: example block driver

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Rusty Russell wrote:
+static bool do_read(request_queue_t *q, struct virtio_blk *vblk,
+		    struct virtblk_req *vbr)
+{
+	unsigned long num;
+
+	vbr->out_hdr.type |= VIRTIO_BLK_T_READ;
+
+	/* Set up for reply. */
+	vblk->sg[0].page = virt_to_page(&vbr->in_hdr);
+	vblk->sg[0].offset = offset_in_page(&vbr->in_hdr);
+	vblk->sg[0].length = sizeof(vbr->in_hdr);
+	num = blk_rq_map_sg(q, vbr->req, vblk->sg+1);
+	vbr->out_hdr.id = vblk->vdev->ops->add_inbuf(vblk->vdev, vblk->sg,
+						     1+num, vbr);
+	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(vbr->out_hdr.id))
+		goto full;
+
+	vblk->sg[0].page = virt_to_page(&vbr->out_hdr);
+	vblk->sg[0].offset = offset_in_page(&vbr->out_hdr);
+	vblk->sg[0].length = sizeof(vbr->out_hdr);
+
+	vbr->out_id = vblk->vdev->ops->add_outbuf(vblk->vdev, vblk->sg, 1,
+						  vbr);

This strikes me as wasteful. Why not set up a single descriptor which contains both placement and the data itself?

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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