From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wei Liu Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/4] xen-netback: add control ring boilerplate Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 17:02:44 +0100 Message-ID: <20160511160244.GG8063@citrix.com> References: <1462980817-10149-1-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com> <1462980817-10149-2-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: , , Wei Liu To: Paul Durrant Return-path: Received: from smtp.citrix.com ([66.165.176.89]:37872 "EHLO SMTP.CITRIX.COM" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932174AbcEKQCq (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2016 12:02:46 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1462980817-10149-2-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 04:33:34PM +0100, Paul Durrant wrote: > My recent patch to include/xen/interface/io/netif.h defines a new shared > ring (in addition to the rx and tx rings) for passing control messages > from a VM frontend driver to a backend driver. > > This patch adds the necessary code to xen-netback to map this new shared > ring, should it be created by a frontend, but does not add implementations > for any of the defined protocol messages. These are added in a subsequent > patch for clarity. > > Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant Acked-by: Wei Liu