linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] macvtap: TX zero copy between guest and host kernel

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Message-ID: <1285770794.31343.10.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:33:14 -0700
From:	Shirley Ma <mashirle@...ibm.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	"Xin, Xiaohui" <xiaohui.xin@...el.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] macvtap: TX zero copy between guest and host
 kernel

On Wed, 2010-09-29 at 10:28 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> I think you should try testing with guest to external communication,
> this will uncover some of these correctness issues for you.
> I think netperf also has some flag to check data, might
> be a good idea to use it for testing.

I always tested guest to remote host, remote host to guest. What other
external communication do you suggest here?

Thanks
Shirley

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