[PATCH 0/3] vhost_net: support for cross endian guests

From: Greg Kurz
Date: Fri Feb 20 2015 - 05:07:35 EST


Hi,

This patchset allows vhost_net to be used with legacy virtio
when guest and host have a different endianness. It is based
on previous work by CÃdric Le Goater:

https://www.mail-archive.com/kvm-ppc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg09848.html

As suggested by MST:
- the API now asks for a specific format (big endian) instead of the hint
whether byteswap is needed or not (patch 1)
- rebased on top of the virtio-1 accessors (patch 2)

Patch 3 is a separate fix: I think it is also valid for virtio-1.

Please comment.

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Greg Kurz (3):
vhost: add VHOST_VRING_F_LEGACY_BIG_ENDIAN flag
vhost: add support for legacy virtio
vhost_net: fix virtio_net header endianness


drivers/vhost/net.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 6 +++++-
drivers/vhost/vhost.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
include/uapi/linux/vhost.h | 2 ++
4 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

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Greg

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