On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 9:21 AM Michael S. Tsirkin <m...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 09:02:38AM +0200, Yuri Benditovich wrote:
> > > > +#define virtio_net_config virtio_net_config_with_rss
> > >
> > > Do we have to? Let's just tweak code to do the right thing...
> > >
> > >
> > > Are we going to update the virtio_net some time?
> > > If yes, IMO makes sense to do less tweaking in the middle of the
> code.
> > > Then, upon update of virtio_net.h - easily remove all these
> defines that
> > were
> > > added in virtio-net.c
> >
> > We'll update it in a month or two. But I'd be reluctant to merge
> hacks
> > since people tend to copy-paste code ...
> >
> >
> > I agree that merging hacks is very bad practice.
> > Which change is more looks like a hack: redefine the struct to its _real_
> > layout or change the type of the struct in 5 places?
>
> Anything that would be unacceptable as a permanent solution is a hack.
> In this case how about
> virtio_net_config_rss {
> struct virtio_net_config config;
> /* RSS things */
> }
>
No problem.
'#define virtio_net_config virtio_net_config_with_rss ' is OK?
>
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> MST
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