netdev - Re: [PATCH] vhost: introduce vDPA based backend

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Date:   Tue, 4 Feb 2020 14:46:16 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
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        dan.daly@...el.com, cunming.liang@...el.com, zhihong.wang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost: introduce vDPA based backend


On 2020/2/4 下午2:01, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 04, 2020 at 11:30:11AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>> 5) generate diffs of memory table and using IOMMU API to setup the dma
>> mapping in this method
> Frankly I think that's a bunch of work. Why not a MAP/UNMAP interface?
>

Sure, so that basically VHOST_IOTLB_UPDATE/INVALIDATE I think?

Thanks