Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/2] xenbus_client: Extend interface to support multi-page ring

From: Juergen Gross
Date: Tue Mar 31 2015 - 09:16:40 EST


On 03/31/2015 03:13 PM, Wei Liu wrote:
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 02:36:43PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
On 03/31/2015 02:15 PM, Bob Liu wrote:
From: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>

Originally Xen PV drivers only use single-page ring to pass along
information. This might limit the throughput between frontend and
backend.

The patch extends Xenbus driver to support multi-page ring, which in
general should improve throughput if ring is the bottleneck. Changes to
various frontend / backend to adapt to the new interface are also
included.

Affected Xen drivers:
* blkfront/back
* netfront/back
* pcifront/back

What about pvscsi drivers?
They are affected, too!


When I wrote this patch pvscsi didn't exist upstream.

It would be fairly easy to change that driver too.

Sure. But if you don't do it you'll break the build...


Juergen
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