On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 01:04:08PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Il 19/12/2012 11:47, Stefan Hajnoczi ha scritto: > > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 01:32:48PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > >> +/** > >> + * virtqueue_start_buf - start building buffer for the other end > >> + * @vq: the struct virtqueue we're talking about. > >> + * @buf: a struct keeping the state of the buffer > >> + * @data: the token identifying the buffer. > >> + * @count: the number of buffers that will be added > > > > Perhaps count should be named count_bufs or num_bufs. > > Ok. > > >> + * @count_sg: the number of sg lists that will be added > > > > What is the purpose of count_sg? > > It is needed to decide whether to use an indirect or a direct buffer. > The idea is to avoid a memory allocation if the driver is providing us > with separate sg elements (under the assumption that they will be few). > > Originally I wanted to use a mix of direct and indirect buffer (direct > if add_buf received a one-element scatterlist, otherwise indirect). It > would have had the same effect, without having to specify count_sg in > advance. The spec is not clear if that is allowed or not, but in the > end they do not work with either QEMU or vhost, so I chose this > alternative instead. > > Paolo Hmm it should work with vhost. > > > Stefan > > _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
