linux-kernel - RE: [Resend Patch 1/3] Vmbus: Add function to report available ring buffer to write in total ring size percentage

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Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2018 22:42:45 +0000
From:   Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
To:     "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Long Li <longli@...uxonhyperv.com>
CC:     KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <JBottomley@...n.com>,
        "devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [Resend Patch 1/3] Vmbus: Add function to report available ring
 buffer to write in total ring size percentage

> Subject: Re: [Resend Patch 1/3] Vmbus: Add function to report available ring
> buffer to write in total ring size percentage
> 
> 
> Long,
> 
> > Netvsc has a function to calculate how much ring buffer in percentage
> > is available to write. This function is also useful for storvsc and
> > other vmbus devices.
> 
> What is the submission strategy for this series? Do you expect it to go
> through net or scsi? If the latter, I'll need an ack from davem.

Martin,

I hope this patch set goes through SCSI, because it's purpose is to improve storvsc.

If this strategy is not possible, I can resubmit the 1st two patches to net, and the 3rd patch to scsi after the 1st two are merged.

Long

> 
> --
> Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering