Re: [PATCH RFC v6 00/11] vhost: ring format independence

2020-06-08 Thread Stefano Garzarella
Hi Michael, On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 08:52:51AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > This adds infrastructure required for supporting > multiple ring formats. > > The idea is as follows: we convert descriptors to an > independent format first, and process that converting to > iov later. > > U

[PATCH RFC v6 00/11] vhost: ring format independence

2020-06-08 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
This adds infrastructure required for supporting multiple ring formats. The idea is as follows: we convert descriptors to an independent format first, and process that converting to iov later. Used ring is similar: we fetch into an independent struct first, convert that to IOV later. The poin