Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/12] virtnet_net: prepare for af-xdp

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On Sat, Jun 01, 2024 at 09:01:29AM +0800, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2024 07:53:17 -0400, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 07:23:54PM +0800, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> > > This patch set prepares for supporting af-xdp zerocopy.
> > > There is no feature change in this patch set.
> > > I just want to reduce the patch num of the final patch set,
> > > so I split the patch set.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > v2:
> > >     1. Add five commits. That provides some helper for sq to support premapped
> > >        mode. And the last one refactors distinguishing xmit types.
> > >
> > > v1:
> > >     1. resend for the new net-next merge window
> > >
> >
> >
> > It's great that you are working on this but
> > I'd like to see the actual use of this first.
> 
> I want to finish this work quickly. I don't have a particular preference for
> whether to use a separate directory; as an engineer, I think it makes sense. I
> don't want to keep dwelling on this issue. I also hope that as a maintainer, you
> can help me complete this work as soon as possible. You should know that I have
> been working on this for about three years now.
> 
> I can completely follow your suggestion regarding splitting the directory.
> However, there will still be many patches, so I hope that these patches in this
> patch set can be merged first.
> 
>    virtio_net: separate virtnet_rx_resize()
>    virtio_net: separate virtnet_tx_resize()
>    virtio_net: separate receive_mergeable
>    virtio_net: separate receive_buf
>    virtio_net: refactor the xmit type
> 
> I will try to compress the subsequent patch sets, hoping to reduce them to about 15.
> 
> Thanks.


You can also post an RFC even if it's bigger than 15. If I see the use
I can start merging some of the patches.

> 
> >
> > >
> > > Xuan Zhuo (12):
> > >   virtio_net: independent directory
> > >   virtio_net: move core structures to virtio_net.h
> > >   virtio_net: add prefix virtnet to all struct inside virtio_net.h
> > >   virtio_net: separate virtnet_rx_resize()
> > >   virtio_net: separate virtnet_tx_resize()
> > >   virtio_net: separate receive_mergeable
> > >   virtio_net: separate receive_buf
> > >   virtio_ring: introduce vring_need_unmap_buffer
> > >   virtio_ring: introduce dma map api for page
> > >   virtio_ring: introduce virtqueue_dma_map_sg_attrs
> > >   virtio_ring: virtqueue_set_dma_premapped() support to disable
> > >   virtio_net: refactor the xmit type
> > >
> > >  MAINTAINERS                                   |   2 +-
> > >  drivers/net/Kconfig                           |   9 +-
> > >  drivers/net/Makefile                          |   2 +-
> > >  drivers/net/virtio/Kconfig                    |  12 +
> > >  drivers/net/virtio/Makefile                   |   8 +
> > >  drivers/net/virtio/virtnet.h                  | 248 ++++++++
> > >  .../{virtio_net.c => virtio/virtnet_main.c}   | 596 +++++++-----------
> > >  drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c                  | 118 +++-
> > >  include/linux/virtio.h                        |  12 +-
> > >  9 files changed, 606 insertions(+), 401 deletions(-)
> > >  create mode 100644 drivers/net/virtio/Kconfig
> > >  create mode 100644 drivers/net/virtio/Makefile
> > >  create mode 100644 drivers/net/virtio/virtnet.h
> > >  rename drivers/net/{virtio_net.c => virtio/virtnet_main.c} (93%)
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.32.0.3.g01195cf9f
> >





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