Re: [PATCHv4 2/2] vhost_net: a kernel-level virtio server

[Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>]

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:40:26 pm Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 03:40:59PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Tuesday 25 August 2009, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > >  I'd like to avoid that here,
> > > > though it's kind of ugly.  We'd need VHOST_GET_FEATURES (and ACK) to take a
> > > > struct like:
> > > > 
> > > >       u32 feature_size;
> > > >       u32 features[];
> > 
> > Hmm, variable length ioctl arguments, I'd rather not go there.
> > The ioctl infrastructure already has a length argument encoded
> > in the ioctl number. We can use that if we need more, e.g.
> > 
> > /* now */
> > #define VHOST_GET_FEATURES     _IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x00, __u64)
> > /*
> >  * uncomment if we run out of feature bits:
> > 
> > struct vhost_get_features2 {
> > 	__u64 bits[2];
> > };
> > #define VHOST_GET_FEATURES2     _IOR(VHOST_VIRTIO, 0x00, \
> > 			struct  vhost_get_features2)
> >  */
> 
> 
> I thought so, too. Rusty, agree?

Yep, am convinced.  Make it u64 to stop us having to do this tomorrow, then
we can always extend later.

Thanks,
Rusty.

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