linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] virtio: add functions for piecewise addition of buffers

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Message-ID: <87sj6d51li.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:02:57 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, hutao@...fujitsu.com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, mst@...hat.com,
	asias@...hat.com, stefanha@...hat.com, nab@...ux-iscsi.org,
	Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] virtio: add functions for piecewise addition of buffers

Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com> writes:
> On 01/02/2013 01:03 PM, Rusty Russell wrote:
>> Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> writes:
>>> The virtqueue_add_buf function has two limitations:
>>>
>>> 1) it requires the caller to provide all the buffers in a single call;
>>>
>>> 2) it does not support chained scatterlists: the buffers must be
>>> provided as an array of struct scatterlist;
>> 
>> Chained scatterlists are a horrible interface, but that doesn't mean we
>> shouldn't support them if there's a need.
>> 
>> I think I once even had a patch which passed two chained sgs, rather
>> than a combo sg and two length numbers.  It's very old, but I've pasted
>> it below.
>> 
>> Duplicating the implementation by having another interface is pretty
>> nasty; I think I'd prefer the chained scatterlists, if that's optimal
>> for you.
>
> I rebased against virtio-next and use it in virtio-scsi, and tested it with 4 targets
> virtio-scsi devices and host cpu idle=poll. Saw a little performance regression here.

Sure, but now you should be able to eliminate virtscsi_map_sgl(), right?
You should be able to use scsi_out(sc) and scsi_in(sc) directly, which
is what Paulo wanted to do...

Right Paulo?

Thanks,
Rusty.
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