Introduce alloc3_desc and UsedArea to make code easier to read

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/virtio.h b/kernel/virtio.h
index c142af9..03b53a9 100644
--- a/kernel/virtio.h
+++ b/kernel/virtio.h
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 #define VIRTIO_RING_F_INDIRECT_DESC 28
 #define VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX     29
 
+// this many virtio descriptors.
+// must be a power of two.
+#define NUM 8
+
 struct VRingDesc {
   uint64 addr;
   uint32 len;
@@ -60,3 +64,9 @@ struct VRingUsedElem {
 // for disk ops
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_T_IN  0 // read the disk
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT 1 // write the disk
+
+struct UsedArea {
+  uint16 flags;
+  uint16 id;
+  struct VRingUsedElem elems[NUM];
+};