Re: [RFC PATCH 2/9] vringh: remove vringh_iov and unite to vringh_kiov

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On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 02:04:03PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 10:25 AM Shunsuke Mie <mie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > struct vringh_iov is defined to hold userland addresses. However, to use
> > common function, __vring_iov, finally the vringh_iov converts to the
> > vringh_kiov with simple cast. It includes compile time check code to make
> > sure it can be cast correctly.
> >
> > To simplify the code, this patch removes the struct vringh_iov and unifies
> > APIs to struct vringh_kiov.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Shunsuke Mie <mie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> While at this, I wonder if we need to go further, that is, switch to
> using an iov iterator instead of a vringh customized one.
> 
> Thanks

Possibly, but when doing changes like this one needs to be careful
to avoid breaking all the inlining tricks vringh relies on for
performance.

-- 
MST

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