Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] virtio: Tx performance improvements

["Xie, Huawei" <huawei.xie@intel.com>]

On 10/26/2015 10:06 PM, Xie, Huawei wrote:
> On 10/19/2015 1:16 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>> This is a tested version of the virtio Tx performance improvements
>> that I posted earlier on the list, and described at the DPDK Userspace
>> meeting in Dublin. Together they get a 25% performance improvement for
>> both small packet and large multi-segment packet case when testing
>> from DPDK guest application to Linux KVM host.
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>> Stephen Hemminger (5):
>>   virtio: clean up space checks on xmit
>>   virtio: don't use unlikely for normal tx stuff
>>   virtio: use indirect ring elements
>>   virtio: use any layout on transmit
>>   virtio: optimize transmit enqueue
> There is one open why merge-able header is used in tx path. Since old
> implementation is also using the merge-able header in tx path if this
> feature is negotiated, i choose to ack the patch and address this later
> if not now.
>
> Acked-by: Huawei Xie <huawei.xie@intel.com>

Thomas:
This patch isn't in the patchwork. Does Stephen need to send a new one?

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