Re: [PATCHv2 RFC 0/4] virtio and vhost-net capacity handling

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Tue Jun 07 2011 - 12:08:35 EST


On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 06:42:35PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> OK, here's a new attempt to use the new capacity api. I also added more
> comments to clarify the logic. Hope this is more readable. Let me know
> pls.
>
> This is on top of the patches applied by Rusty.
>
> Warning: untested. Posting now to give people chance to
> comment on the API.

OK, this seems to have survived some testing so far,
after I dropped patch 4 and fixed build for patch 3
(build fixup patch sent in reply to the original).

I'll be mostly offline until Sunday, would appreciate
testing reports.

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost.git
virtio-net-xmit-polling-v2
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/qemu-kvm.git
virtio-net-event-idx-v3

Thanks!

> Changes from v1:
> - fix comment in patch 2 to correct confusion noted by Rusty
> - rewrite patch 3 along the lines suggested by Rusty
> note: it's not exactly the same but I hope it's close
> enough, the main difference is that mine does limited
> polling even in the unlikely xmit failure case.
> - added a patch to not return capacity from add_buf
> it always looked like a weird hack
>
> Michael S. Tsirkin (4):
> virtio_ring: add capacity check API
> virtio_net: fix tx capacity checks using new API
> virtio_net: limit xmit polling
> Revert "virtio: make add_buf return capacity remaining:
>
> drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 10 +++-
> include/linux/virtio.h | 7 ++-
> 3 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.7.5.53.gc233e
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