@@ -354,3 +354,54 @@ size_t qemu_iovec_memset(QEMUIOVector *qiov, size_t offset,
{
return iov_memset(qiov->iov, qiov->niov, offset, fillc, bytes);
}
+
+size_t iov_discard_front(struct iovec **iov, unsigned int *iov_cnt,
+ size_t bytes)
+{
+ size_t total = 0;
+ struct iovec *cur;
+
+ for (cur = *iov; *iov_cnt > 0; cur++) {
+ if (cur->iov_len > bytes) {
+ cur->iov_base += bytes;
+ cur->iov_len -= bytes;
+ total += bytes;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ bytes -= cur->iov_len;
+ total += cur->iov_len;
+ *iov_cnt -= 1;
+ }
+
+ *iov = cur;
+ return total;
+}
+
+size_t iov_discard_back(struct iovec *iov, unsigned int *iov_cnt,
+ size_t bytes)
+{
+ size_t total = 0;
+ struct iovec *cur;
+
+ if (*iov_cnt == 0) {
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ cur = iov + (*iov_cnt - 1);
+
+ while (*iov_cnt > 0) {
+ if (cur->iov_len > bytes) {
+ cur->iov_len -= bytes;
+ total += bytes;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ bytes -= cur->iov_len;
+ total += cur->iov_len;
+ cur--;
+ *iov_cnt -= 1;
+ }
+
+ return total;
+}
@@ -95,3 +95,16 @@ void iov_hexdump(const struct iovec *iov, const unsigned int iov_cnt,
unsigned iov_copy(struct iovec *dst_iov, unsigned int dst_iov_cnt,
const struct iovec *iov, unsigned int iov_cnt,
size_t offset, size_t bytes);
+
+/*
+ * Remove a given number of bytes from the front or back of a vector.
+ * This may update iov and/or iov_cnt to exclude iovec elements that are
+ * no longer required.
+ *
+ * The number of bytes actually discarded is returned. This number may be
+ * smaller than requested if the vector is too small.
+ */
+size_t iov_discard_front(struct iovec **iov, unsigned int *iov_cnt,
+ size_t bytes);
+size_t iov_discard_back(struct iovec *iov, unsigned int *iov_cnt,
+ size_t bytes);
The iov_discard_front/back() functions remove data from the front or back of the vector. This is useful when peeling off header/footer structs. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> --- iov.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ iov.h | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+)