linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 15/18] xen/pvcalls: implement the ioworker functions

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Message-ID: <20a2911b-9a6c-1a43-6972-83daa83c5b3a@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:26:29 -0400
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xen.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jgross@...e.com,
        Stefano Stabellini <stefano@...reto.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 15/18] xen/pvcalls: implement the ioworker functions

On 06/15/2017 03:09 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> We have one ioworker per socket. Each ioworker goes through the list of
> outstanding read/write requests. Once all requests have been dealt with,
> it returns.
>
> We use one atomic counter per socket for "read" operations and one
> for "write" operations to keep track of the reads/writes to do.
>
> We also use one atomic counter ("io") per ioworker to keep track of how
> many outstanding requests we have in total assigned to the ioworker. The
> ioworker finishes when there are none.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano@...reto.com>
> CC: boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com
> CC: jgross@...e.com

Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>