RE: [PATCH v1 0/2] virtio-net: Clarify virtio_net_hdr size and rx buffer size

[Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>]

Hi Cornelia,

> From: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 5, 2024 1:31 PM
> To: virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org; mst@redhat.com;
> cohuck@redhat.com
> Cc: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@nvidia.com>; xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com;
> yuri.benditovich@daynix.com; Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v1 0/2] virtio-net: Clarify virtio_net_hdr size and rx buffer size
> 
> There are few small issues around size of receive buffer and size of the struct
> virtio_net_hdr as following.
> 
> 1. VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT is only applicable on the rx side processing.
>    However it changes the size of the struct virtio_net_hdr for the tx side
>    as well. This was not clarified when VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT feature
> was
>    introduced.
> 
> 2. Receive buffer size calculation description and requirements did not
>    reflect negotiation of VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT.
> 
> 3. Receive buffer size calculation was incorrect for ipv6 guest gso feature.
> 
> Above issue 2 was reported in [1].
> Since issue 2 and 3 both touches the same set of requirements and
> description, they are updated under a new issue along with tx side fix as well
> touching the clarification needed for VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT.
> 
> Hence above three issues are fixed under issue of [2].
> 
> Patch summary:
> patch-1 fixes receive side description and requirement
> patch-2 adds transmit side clarification for VIRTIO_NET_F_HASH_REPORT
> 
> changelog:
> v0->v1:
> - addressed comments from Xuan to rewrite tx normative
> 

Can you please raise the voting request for these two small description changes?

> Parav Pandit (2):
>   virtio-net: Fix receive buffer size calculation text
>   virtio-net: Clarify the size of the struct virtio_net_hdr for tx
> 
>  device-types/net/description.tex | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
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> 2.34.1