[PATCH v9 09/20] virtio-net: Copy header only when necessary

[Akihiko Odaki]

The copied header is only used for byte swapping.

Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
---
 hw/net/virtio-net.c | 26 ++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index e33bdbfd84a5..ca0fbf7b7654 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ static void virtio_net_vnet_endian_status(VirtIONet *n, 
uint8_t status)
          * can't do it, we fallback onto fixing the headers in the core
          * virtio-net code.
          */
-        n->needs_vnet_hdr_swap = virtio_net_set_vnet_endian(vdev, n->nic->ncs,
+        n->needs_vnet_hdr_swap = n->has_vnet_hdr &&
+                                 virtio_net_set_vnet_endian(vdev, n->nic->ncs,
                                                             queue_pairs, true);
     } else if (virtio_net_started(n, vdev->status)) {
         /* After using the device, we need to reset the network backend to
@@ -2767,7 +2768,7 @@ static int32_t virtio_net_flush_tx(VirtIONetQueue *q)
             return -EINVAL;
         }
 
-        if (n->has_vnet_hdr) {
+        if (n->needs_vnet_hdr_swap) {
             if (iov_to_buf(out_sg, out_num, 0, &vhdr, n->guest_hdr_len) <
                 n->guest_hdr_len) {
                 virtio_error(vdev, "virtio-net header incorrect");
@@ -2775,19 +2776,16 @@ static int32_t virtio_net_flush_tx(VirtIONetQueue *q)
                 g_free(elem);
                 return -EINVAL;
             }
-            if (n->needs_vnet_hdr_swap) {
-                virtio_net_hdr_swap(vdev, (void *) &vhdr);
-                sg2[0].iov_base = &vhdr;
-                sg2[0].iov_len = n->guest_hdr_len;
-                out_num = iov_copy(&sg2[1], ARRAY_SIZE(sg2) - 1,
-                                   out_sg, out_num,
-                                   n->guest_hdr_len, -1);
-                if (out_num == VIRTQUEUE_MAX_SIZE) {
-                    goto drop;
-                }
-                out_num += 1;
-                out_sg = sg2;
+            virtio_net_hdr_swap(vdev, (void *) &vhdr);
+            sg2[0].iov_base = &vhdr;
+            sg2[0].iov_len = n->guest_hdr_len;
+            out_num = iov_copy(&sg2[1], ARRAY_SIZE(sg2) - 1, out_sg, out_num,
+                               n->guest_hdr_len, -1);
+            if (out_num == VIRTQUEUE_MAX_SIZE) {
+                goto drop;
             }
+            out_num += 1;
+            out_sg = sg2;
         }
         /*
          * If host wants to see the guest header as is, we can

-- 
2.44.0