Re: [PATCH RFC 11/12] vringh: allow vringh_iov_xfer() to skip bytes when ptr is NULL

Stefano Garzarella
2020-11-16T11:49:06Z

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 12:32:02PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
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>On 2020/11/13 下午9:47, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
>>In some cases, it may be useful to provide a way to skip a number
>>of bytes in a vringh_iov.
>>
>>In order to keep vringh_iov consistent, let's reuse vringh_iov_xfer()
>>logic and skip bytes when the ptr is NULL.
>>
>>Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
>>---
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>>I'm not sure if this is the best option, maybe we can add a new
>>function vringh_iov_skip().
>>
>>Suggestions?
>
>
>I might be worth to check whether we can convert vringh_iov to use iov
>iterator then we can use iov_iterator_advance() here.

Make sense, I'll take a look.

Thanks for the suggestion,
Stefano