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From: Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@gmail.com>
To: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Cc: "Frediano Ziglio" <frediano.ziglio@citrix.com>,
	"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@suse.com>,
	"Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	"Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>,
	"Teddy Astie" <teddy.astie@vates.tech>,
	"Anthony PERARD" <anthony.perard@vates.tech>,
	"Juergen Gross" <jgross@suse.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 09/16] libs/ctrl: Allows writev_exact to change iov array
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2026 22:47:42 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260613214749.20620-10-frediano.ziglio@cloud.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260613214749.20620-1-frediano.ziglio@cloud.com>

From: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@citrix.com>

Avoid having to allocate and copy the array if a partial write
happens.
The implementation in tools/libs/store/xs.c already use this
signature and method.

Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@citrix.com>
--
Changes since v2:
- change prefix in subject.
---
 tools/libs/ctrl/xc_private.c | 26 +++++---------------------
 tools/libs/ctrl/xc_private.h |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/libs/ctrl/xc_private.c b/tools/libs/ctrl/xc_private.c
index bb0f81d6f3..946fc307aa 100644
--- a/tools/libs/ctrl/xc_private.c
+++ b/tools/libs/ctrl/xc_private.c
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ int write_exact(int fd, const void *data, size_t size)
 /*
  * MiniOS's libc doesn't know about writev(). Implement it as multiple write()s.
  */
-int writev_exact(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
+int writev_exact(int fd, struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
 {
     int rc, i;
 
@@ -649,9 +649,8 @@ int writev_exact(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
     return 0;
 }
 #else
-int writev_exact(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
+int writev_exact(int fd, struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
 {
-    struct iovec *local_iov = NULL;
     int rc = 0, iov_idx = 0, saved_errno = 0;
     ssize_t len;
 
@@ -686,23 +685,9 @@ int writev_exact(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
                 len -= iov[iov_idx++].iov_len;
             else
             {
-                /* Partial write of iov[iov_idx]. Copy iov so we can adjust
-                 * element iov_idx and resubmit the rest. */
-                if ( !local_iov )
-                {
-                    local_iov = malloc(iovcnt * sizeof(*iov));
-                    if ( !local_iov )
-                    {
-                        saved_errno = ENOMEM;
-                        rc = -1;
-                        goto out;
-                    }
-
-                    iov = memcpy(local_iov, iov, iovcnt * sizeof(*iov));
-                }
-
-                local_iov[iov_idx].iov_base += len;
-                local_iov[iov_idx].iov_len  -= len;
+                /* Partial write of iov[iov_idx]. */
+                iov[iov_idx].iov_base += len;
+                iov[iov_idx].iov_len  -= len;
                 break;
             }
         }
@@ -711,7 +696,6 @@ int writev_exact(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
     saved_errno = 0;
 
  out:
-    free(local_iov);
     errno = saved_errno;
     return rc;
 }
diff --git a/tools/libs/ctrl/xc_private.h b/tools/libs/ctrl/xc_private.h
index b5892ae8dc..3af996e900 100644
--- a/tools/libs/ctrl/xc_private.h
+++ b/tools/libs/ctrl/xc_private.h
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ int xc_flush_mmu_updates(xc_interface *xch, struct xc_mmu *mmu);
 /* Return 0 on success; -1 on error setting errno. */
 int read_exact(int fd, void *data, size_t size); /* EOF => -1, errno=0 */
 int write_exact(int fd, const void *data, size_t size);
-int writev_exact(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt);
+int writev_exact(int fd, struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt);
 
 int xc_ffs8(uint8_t x);
 int xc_ffs16(uint16_t x);
-- 
2.43.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-13 21:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-13 21:47 [PATCH v5 00/16] xenguest optimisations Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 01/16] libs/guest: Reduce number of parts in write_split_record Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 02/16] libs/guest: Reduce number of I/O vectors in write_batch Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 03/16] " Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 04/16] libs/guest: Use a single write_exact in write_headers Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 05/16] libs/guest: allocate various migration arrays just once Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 06/16] libs/call: cache up to 4 pages in hypercall bounce buffers Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 07/16] libs/guest: avoids using 2 indexes Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 08/16] libs/guest: fill directly iov structure Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` Frediano Ziglio [this message]
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 10/16] libs/guest: add xg_foreignmemory_copy_{from,to} Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 11/16] PoC: libs/guest: use foreign copy during migration Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 12/16] xen: implement new foreign copy hypercall Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 13/16] privcmd: Add definition for new Linux privcmd to access new Xen hypercall Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 14/16] libs/guest: use new hypercall if available Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v5 15/16] libs/guest: finalize PoC Frediano Ziglio
2026-06-13 21:47 ` [PATCH Linux v5 16/16] xen/privcmd: Add new ABI to allow copying foreign memory Frediano Ziglio

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