linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] vringh

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Message-ID: <878v6khw5l.fsf@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:13:34 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] vringh

"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 08:59:27AM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
>> This introduces vringh, which are generic accessors for virtio rings (host side).
>> There's a host-side implementation in vhost, but it assumes that the rings are
>> in userspace, and is tied to the vhost implementation.  I have patches to adapt
>> it to use vringh, but I'm pushing this in the next merge window for Sjur, who has
>> CAIF patches which need it.
>> 
>> This also includes a test program in tools/virtio.  There's a fixup patch for
>> the current tools, since they didn't compile for me.  MST?
>> 
>> Review and comments welcome!
>> Rusty.
>
> Will review, thanks.
> Okay so the plan is to merge this changeset for 3.9 and rework vhost
> for 3.10?

I hope so, yes.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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