linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 0/6] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Ringbuffer cleanup and optimizations

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Date:   Sun, 25 Jun 2017 19:14:36 +0000
From:   KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:     KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
        "olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>,
        "apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
        "vkuznets@...hat.com" <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        "jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "leann.ogasawara@...onical.com" <leann.ogasawara@...onical.com>,
        "marcelo.cerri@...onical.com" <marcelo.cerri@...onical.com>,
        "Stephen Hemminger" <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/6] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Ringbuffer cleanup and
 optimizations 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: kys@...hange.microsoft.com [mailto:kys@...hange.microsoft.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 11:28 AM
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> vkuznets@...hat.com; jasowang@...hat.com;
> leann.ogasawara@...onical.com; marcelo.cerri@...onical.com; Stephen
> Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Subject: [PATCH 0/6] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Ringbuffer cleanup and
> optimizations
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> From: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> 
> This removes unused bits from vmbus internals, and also does some
> optimization to the host signalling part of ring buffer logic.
> 
> Stephen Hemminger (6):
>   vmbus: simplify hv_ringbuffer_read
>   vmbus: drop unused ring_buffer_info elements
>   vmbus: refactor hv_signal_on_read
>   vmbus: eliminate duplicate cached index
>   vmbus: more host signalling avoidance
>   vmbus: add prefetch to ring buffer iterator
> 
>  drivers/hv/ring_buffer.c |  169 ++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
>  include/linux/hyperv.h   |   65 ------------------
>  2 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 174 deletions(-)
Greg,

Please drop this; I am going to resend shortly.

K. Y