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[204.195.22.127])\n\tby smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id\n\tb8sm24774858pff.20.2019.06.19.11.57.53\n\t(version=TLS1_3 cipher=AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256);\n\tWed, 19 Jun 2019 11:57:53 -0700 (PDT)" ], "DKIM-Signature": "v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;\n\td=networkplumber-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623;\n\th=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references\n\t:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding;\n\tbh=b+OqM0LOuYQExTQyKE0Tv3pE8WHaIDO+TqPDbMwn7TY=;\n\tb=jfkeqgYtdCQD6jx5sjT1e3yhFaUM+J1+FBXuzQg0pVD14SuXBMdhbkGilO4iNfTP/N\n\twYBxfKz5krdNOrU1HIzqx+wb5LcrkY4vevzvTBm0AXIwv8JVDHUClKY3n4e4PL8+n5IY\n\ts4PyEV19W/1jYQPZop1PYMH4ZN0Jt0keO7kr88TgrMBO6sUQij8Z1mb8xi0vQtF88llW\n\t2nCnKIu7uSvH+5PSPpqtsTR7cAw8ThQN747oQ9KPZdV2YgXsopZ7ci+ouYAo8FSGehMf\n\ttMSDk1zkI6M81KDBXQWL3dmswD2LDkT0vL/yR5gcWEMNBsvOXAn+ZB9JKqajS1GL1faQ\n\tidFQ==", "X-Google-DKIM-Signature": "v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;\n\td=1e100.net; s=20161025;\n\th=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to\n\t:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding;\n\tbh=b+OqM0LOuYQExTQyKE0Tv3pE8WHaIDO+TqPDbMwn7TY=;\n\tb=NSx5fKWW4PDlJMYi1u4BmO5J8PqOjtyIfKl+7BaWLU/xRsQUccIdHnJme9SrBIcUY2\n\tufli93e1W4xBESo6yFw5OlbUpd4RkoPN2B4dKNk1yQo2dtPHObAs8CslxV5vX396X2LP\n\tN3gJa9r6oNasFtTT9l3WW/AzV158QsJ6xQzLhtWtUtVZkWTfKPPhUtx3au7iGBsLAMwp\n\tGjK0TMMhtIRjOUPdUoH0bfPJJCU+yh0tNoYl+ysGSOsAf8E0JCXIClnLxkbUVtlBeIMx\n\tQ55bIC0C0/CAeBsi9YdSQkGohmc1ScRt8VAbTSmgZX6zsDfAnQkwwmRJ3t61aNxwXLha\n\tteEw==", "X-Gm-Message-State": "APjAAAVOXG8eEmcMbX9VHCm5oNeI4cF+jSeMkjAEY5JiBCjHBBji/pcy\n\tWNNRGXqrD5JoJEwbUFheASOE5ud5hUc=", "X-Google-Smtp-Source": "APXvYqxSEKrJxXuweHVuXyoQtnW9Wn3qnTv9YChCzP3KOYXHzWzQMeh/GQP6DzQg7wibh7xDBu2KdA==", "X-Received": "by 2002:a17:90a:290b:: with SMTP id\n\tg11mr12648227pjd.122.1560970674502; \n\tWed, 19 Jun 2019 11:57:54 -0700 (PDT)", "From": "Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>", "To": "dev@dpdk.org", "Cc": "Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>", "Date": "Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:57:38 -0700", "Message-Id": "<20190619185746.26866-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>", "X-Mailer": "git-send-email 2.20.1", "In-Reply-To": "<20190610175155.21374-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>", "References": "<20190610175155.21374-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>", "MIME-Version": "1.0", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "8bit", "Subject": "[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/8] kni: cleanups and fixes", "X-BeenThere": "dev@dpdk.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.15", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>,\n\t<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/>", "List-Post": "<mailto:dev@dpdk.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>,\n\t<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe>", "Errors-To": "dev-bounces@dpdk.org", "Sender": "\"dev\" <dev-bounces@dpdk.org>" }, "content": "While testing KNI with netvsc, saw lots of places more code\ncould be safely removed from KNI kernel driver.\n\nThis is still mostly \"putting lipstick on a pig\" all users\nwould be better off using virtio_user rather than KNI.\n\nv3 - more style cleanups in last patch\nv2 - get rid of unnecessary padding, combine the unused field patches\n\nStephen Hemminger (8):\n kni: don't need stubs for rx_mode or ioctl\n kni: use netdev_alloc_skb\n kni: don't keep stats in kni_net\n kni: drop unused fields\n kni: use proper type for kni fifo's\n kni: return -EFAULT if copy_from_user fails\n doc: update KNI documentation\n kni: fix style issues\n\n .../sample_app_ug/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 18 ++---\n kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h | 18 ++---\n kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c | 17 ++--\n kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c | 79 +++++--------------\n lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c | 38 ++++-----\n 5 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 113 deletions(-)" }