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virtio: make add_buf return capacity remaining

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This API change means that virtio_net can tell how much capacity
remains for buffers.  It's necessarily fuzzy, since
VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC means we can fit any number of descriptors
in one, *if* we can kmalloc.

Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Dinesh Subhraveti <dineshs@us.ibm.com>
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Rusty Russell
2009-09-23 22:26:31 -06:00
parent f68d24082e
commit 3c1b27d504
8 changed files with 19 additions and 15 deletions
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@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct virtqueue {
* out_num: the number of sg readable by other side
* in_num: the number of sg which are writable (after readable ones)
* data: the token identifying the buffer.
* Returns 0 or an error.
* Returns remaining capacity of queue (sg segments) or a negative error.
* @kick: update after add_buf
* vq: the struct virtqueue
* After one or more add_buf calls, invoke this to kick the other side.