Merge tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost

Pull virtio/vhost cross endian support from Michael Tsirkin:
 "I have just queued some more bugfix patches today but none fix
  regressions and none are related to these ones, so it looks like a
  good time for a merge for -rc1.

  The motivation for this is support for legacy BE guests on the new LE
  hosts.  There are two redeeming properties that made me merge this:

   - It's a trivial amount of code: since we wrap host/guest accesses
     anyway, almost all of it is well hidden from drivers.

   - Sane platforms would never set flags like VHOST_CROSS_ENDIAN_LEGACY,
     and when it's clear, there's zero overhead (as some point it was
     tested by compiling with and without the patches, got the same
     stripped binary).

  Maybe we could create a Kconfig symbol to enforce the second point:
  prevent people from enabling it eg on x86.  I will look into this"

* tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost:
  virtio-pci: alloc only resources actually used.
  macvtap/tun: cross-endian support for little-endian hosts
  vhost: cross-endian support for legacy devices
  virtio: add explicit big-endian support to memory accessors
  vhost: introduce vhost_is_little_endian() helper
  vringh: introduce vringh_is_little_endian() helper
  macvtap: introduce macvtap_is_little_endian() helper
  tun: add tun_is_little_endian() helper
  virtio: introduce virtio_is_little_endian() helper

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 019fceffc9e5..b7f31150753d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -258,6 +258,20 @@ config TUN
 
 	  If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
 
+config TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
+	bool "Support for cross-endian vnet headers on little-endian kernels"
+	default n
+	---help---
+	  This option allows TUN/TAP and MACVTAP device drivers in a
+	  little-endian kernel to parse vnet headers that come from a
+	  big-endian legacy virtio device.
+
+	  Userspace programs can control the feature using the TUNSETVNETBE
+	  and TUNGETVNETBE ioctls.
+
+	  Unless you have a little-endian system hosting a big-endian virtual
+	  machine with a legacy virtio NIC, you should say N.
+
 config VETH
 	tristate "Virtual ethernet pair device"
 	---help---