linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] virtio: abstract virtqueue related methods

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Date:   Wed, 17 May 2023 00:39:23 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     zhenwei pi <pizhenwei@...edance.com>
Cc:     stefanha@...hat.com, mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] virtio: abstract virtqueue related methods

On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 10:54:23AM +0800, zhenwei pi wrote:
> All the vring based virtqueue methods could be abstratct in theory,
> MST suggested that add/get bufs and kick functions are quite perfmance
> sensitive, so export these functions from virtio_ring.ko, drivers
> still call them in a fast path.

Who is going to use this?  And why do you think every virtio users
would want to pay for indirect calls just for your shiny new feature?

This seems like an amazingly bad idea to me.