static void virtio_net_handle_ctrl(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
{
    VirtIONet *n = VIRTIO_NET(vdev);
    struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr ctrl;
    virtio_net_ctrl_ack status = VIRTIO_NET_ERR;
    VirtQueueElement elem;
    size_t s;
    struct iovec *iov;
    unsigned int iov_cnt;

    while (virtqueue_pop(vq, &elem)) {
        if (iov_size(elem.in_sg, elem.in_num) < sizeof(status) ||
            iov_size(elem.out_sg, elem.out_num) < sizeof(ctrl)) {
            error_report("virtio-net ctrl missing headers");
            exit(1);
        }

        iov = elem.out_sg;
        iov_cnt = elem.out_num;
        s = iov_to_buf(iov, iov_cnt, 0, &ctrl, sizeof(ctrl));
        iov_discard_front(&iov, &iov_cnt, sizeof(ctrl));
        if (s != sizeof(ctrl)) {
            status = VIRTIO_NET_ERR;
        } else if (ctrl.class == VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX) {
            status = virtio_net_handle_rx_mode(n, ctrl.cmd, iov, iov_cnt);
        } else if (ctrl.class == VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MAC) {
            status = virtio_net_handle_mac(n, ctrl.cmd, iov, iov_cnt);
        } else if (ctrl.class == VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_VLAN) {
            status = virtio_net_handle_vlan_table(n, ctrl.cmd, iov, iov_cnt);
        } else if (ctrl.class == VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ) {
            status = virtio_net_handle_mq(n, ctrl.cmd, iov, iov_cnt);
        } else if (ctrl.class == VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS) {
            status = virtio_net_handle_offloads(n, ctrl.cmd, iov, iov_cnt);
        }

        s = iov_from_buf(elem.in_sg, elem.in_num, 0, &status, sizeof(status));
        assert(s == sizeof(status));

        virtqueue_push(vq, &elem, sizeof(status));
        virtio_notify(vdev, vq);
    }
}

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