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[204.195.22.127])\n\tby smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id\n\tj11sm255703pfa.2.2019.06.20.12.20.54\n\t(version=TLS1_3 cipher=AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256);\n\tThu, 20 Jun 2019 12:20:55 -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=scthbx73IwjE1oXTqYe1FQ1MLWAvJEKeFYzwxCLBQs8=;\n\tb=m2XpEsWTxNSrzkwMnWp8HVOV6Bgbm4BTgy04jAsbIngiAADWabyiknUpg2ncPxKOn8\n\tr+hYD4pixCt4kiKnVTsF3QSt8jxsFEGKDRvVtv938+sD+8f9QlT6BwtURmpjhv9CUN+/\n\tD1Upz+FShajSAMBT3us9VXZH5zVcaXnxU0W51RYXUryvyTpIWe1fwG0d4PzQWdD9ppmo\n\tJWC5j7L6Z5mDIY0bV5gzT9NjuOAtmd0nElMaTOSFWvAbE0vNokkkGbg7RDK2ze8X67XO\n\tq9RANx1ECrASKkmFp8hyMnkOKLKOLtTLpXySKMGGfl9nXxZbrRPY/Ass4r6g5AAd6f6i\n\tK/7w==", "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=scthbx73IwjE1oXTqYe1FQ1MLWAvJEKeFYzwxCLBQs8=;\n\tb=K9lxjTtxu4jgzn2lkAJq3hflSpQKBjNHs7QuxUD6kIcwWEA6uRxKXj1oQAYNR4tUwt\n\tS79rJjP6FGKdQjXKzHnGhS9yv3qKARYHzATB09nz6YNx2uUA0qYwet1LbLIHbIZZwCMd\n\t0fUdN5+ubK89f3Ad3ms013xx3nI5J/d6MFmlvmEuDy7VjS0oQx6Wg6jtCUNEvPJlt9C9\n\t0OfAGASyoZFD4a6Cx9kVpdy5kNNWzh9jzNxG3MgmcY5VSDmuLnXXST7ESeZXtv1GCTej\n\tWvWOr6OEjqeyMpIa/ktYYlAnSnJAYR+1VTrYCgFYIGKDMHDR2+YeeZxISgInomHNizdK\n\t3d7g==", "X-Gm-Message-State": "APjAAAWt2b1L4cmYuxVC+AP3DOKyPMCjQe3rnz+NhXO+6X3NtMiObeqv\n\t4WmSE5S2vGFOzbOZxLUmxY0bc+A7D/A=", "X-Google-Smtp-Source": "APXvYqy+jqCoFruJtmxolsu1GfDsQ76KqN90ibu904yEjpi8o6UpiGVoaap1xY/A8UJOmO3wFkBx3g==", "X-Received": "by 2002:a17:90a:950d:: with SMTP id\n\tt13mr1226242pjo.81.1561058455903; \n\tThu, 20 Jun 2019 12:20:55 -0700 (PDT)", "From": "Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>", "To": "dev@dpdk.org", "Cc": "Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>", "Date": "Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:20:39 -0700", "Message-Id": "<20190620192048.13814-1-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 v5 0/9] kni: fixes and cleanups", "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\nv5 - add minimal ethtool, fix checkpath author complaints\nv4 - add more style fixes\nv3 - rebase to current master, add style fix patch\nv2 - get rid of unnecessary padding, combine the unused field patches\n\nStephen Hemminger (9):\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 kni: add minimal ethtool\n\n .../sample_app_ug/kernel_nic_interface.rst | 18 ++--\n kernel/linux/kni/kni_dev.h | 20 ++--\n kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c | 18 ++--\n kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c | 100 +++++++-----------\n lib/librte_kni/rte_kni.c | 38 +++----\n 5 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 116 deletions(-)" }