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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 00/17] virtual-bus
Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 02:46:04PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
>
>> The host writes the packet to tap, at which point it is consumed from
>> its point of view. The host would like to mention that if there was an
>> API to notify it when the packet was actually consumed, then it would
>> gladly use it. Bonus points if this involves not copying the packet.
>>
>
> We're using write(2) for this, no?

Yes.

> That should invoke netif_rx_ni
> which blocks until the packet is "processed", which usually means
> that it's placed on the NIC's hardware queue.
>

It doesn't copy and queue the packet? We use O_NONBLOCK and poll() so
we can tell when we can queue without blocking.

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