Re: [RFC PATCH v7 01/19] Add a new structure for skb buffer fromexternal.

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Sun Jun 20 2010 - 07:36:36 EST


On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 02:11:24PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>
> Rather than modifying all guests, it seems much easier not to assume
> specific buffer layout in host. Copying network header around seems a
> small cost.

Well sure we can debate the specifics of this implementation detail.

However, the fact that virtio_net doesn't support feature renegotiation
on live migration is not a valid reason against this.

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