linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2-RFC 0/2] virtio: put last seen used index into ring itself

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Message-ID: <4BFE6098.9010000@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 27 May 2010 15:07:52 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	qemu-devel@...gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2-RFC 0/2] virtio: put last seen used index into ring
 itself

On 05/26/2010 10:50 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Here's a rewrite of the original patch with a new layout.
> I haven't tested it yet so no idea how this performs, but
> I think this addresses the cache bounce issue raised by Avi.
> Posting for early flames/comments.
>
> Generally, the Host end of the virtio ring doesn't need to see where
> Guest is up to in consuming the ring.  However, to completely understand
> what's going on from the outside, this information must be exposed.
> For example, host can reduce the number of interrupts by detecting
> that the guest is currently handling previous buffers.
>
> We add a feature bit so the guest can tell the host that it's writing
> out the current value there, if it wants to use that.
>
> This differs from original approach in that the used index
> is put after avail index (they are typically written out together).
> To avoid cache bounces on descriptor access,
> and make future extensions easier, we put the ring itself at start of
> page, and move the control after it.
>    

I missed the spec patch, can you repost it?

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