From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@novell.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
anthony@codemonkey.ws, andi@firstfloor.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, agraf@suse.de,
pmullaney@novell.com, pmorreale@novell.com,
rusty@rustcorp.com.au, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/17] virtual-bus
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:59:26 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49D4A89E.5090407@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49D49C1F.6030306@novell.com>
Gregory Haskins wrote:
>> Why does a kernel solution not need to know when a packet is transmitted?
>>
>>
>
> You do not need to know when the packet is copied (which I currently
> do). You only need it for zero-copy (of which I would like to support,
> but as I understand it there are problems with the reliability of proper
> callback (i.e. skb->destructor).
>
> Its "fire and forget" :)
>
It's more of a "schedule and forget" which I think brings you the win.
The host disables notifications and schedules the actual tx work (rx
from the host's perspective). So now the guest and host continue
producing and consuming packets in parallel. So long as the guest is
faster (due to the host being throttled?), notifications continue to be
disabled.
If you changed your rx_isr() to process the packets immediately instead
of scheduling, I think throughput would drop dramatically.
Mark had a similar change for virtio. Mark?
--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-02 11:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 160+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-31 18:42 [RFC PATCH 00/17] virtual-bus Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:42 ` [RFC PATCH 01/17] shm-signal: shared-memory signals Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 20:44 ` Avi Kivity
2009-03-31 20:58 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 21:05 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-01 12:12 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-01 12:24 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-01 13:57 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:42 ` [RFC PATCH 02/17] vbus: add virtual-bus definitions Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 16:06 ` Ben Hutchings
2009-04-02 18:13 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:43 ` [RFC PATCH 03/17] vbus: add connection-client helper infrastructure Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:43 ` [RFC PATCH 04/17] vbus: add bus-registration notifiers Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:43 ` [RFC PATCH 05/17] vbus: add a "vbus-proxy" bus model for vbus_driver objects Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:43 ` [RFC PATCH 06/17] ioq: Add basic definitions for a shared-memory, lockless queue Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:43 ` [RFC PATCH 07/17] ioq: add vbus helpers Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:43 ` [RFC PATCH 08/17] venet: add the ABI definitions for an 802.x packet interface Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:43 ` [RFC PATCH 09/17] net: Add vbus_enet driver Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 20:39 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-04-02 11:43 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:43 ` [RFC PATCH 10/17] venet-tap: Adds a "venet" compatible "tap" device to VBUS Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:43 ` [RFC PATCH 11/17] venet: add scatter-gather support Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:43 ` [RFC PATCH 12/17] venettap: " Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:43 ` [RFC PATCH 13/17] x86: allow the irq->vector translation to be determined outside of ioapic Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 19:16 ` Alan Cox
2009-03-31 20:02 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:44 ` [RFC PATCH 14/17] kvm: add a reset capability Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 19:22 ` Avi Kivity
2009-03-31 20:02 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 20:18 ` Avi Kivity
2009-03-31 20:37 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:44 ` [RFC PATCH 15/17] kvm: add dynamic IRQ support Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 19:20 ` Avi Kivity
2009-03-31 19:39 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 20:13 ` Avi Kivity
2009-03-31 20:32 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 20:59 ` Avi Kivity
2009-03-31 18:44 ` [RFC PATCH 16/17] kvm: Add VBUS support to the host Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 18:44 ` [RFC PATCH 17/17] kvm: Add guest-side support for VBUS Gregory Haskins
2009-03-31 20:18 ` [RFC PATCH 00/17] virtual-bus Andi Kleen
2009-04-01 12:03 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-01 13:23 ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-01 14:19 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-01 14:42 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-01 17:01 ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-01 18:45 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-04-01 20:40 ` Chris Wright
2009-04-01 21:11 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-01 21:28 ` Chris Wright
2009-04-01 22:10 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 6:00 ` Chris Wright
2009-04-02 3:11 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-01 21:09 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 0:29 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-04-02 3:11 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 6:51 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 8:52 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 9:02 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 9:16 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 9:27 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 9:29 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 9:33 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 9:38 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 9:41 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 9:43 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 9:44 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 11:06 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 11:59 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2009-04-02 12:30 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 12:43 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 13:03 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 12:13 ` Rusty Russell
2009-04-02 12:50 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 12:52 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 13:07 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 13:22 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 13:27 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 14:05 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 14:50 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 15:00 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 15:40 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 15:57 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 16:09 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 16:54 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 17:06 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 17:17 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-03 12:25 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 15:10 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-04-03 4:43 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2009-04-02 10:55 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 11:48 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-03 10:58 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2009-04-03 11:03 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-03 11:12 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-03 11:46 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-03 11:48 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-03 11:54 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-03 11:55 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-03 12:02 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-03 13:05 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-03 11:18 ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-03 11:34 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-03 11:46 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-03 11:28 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 10:46 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 11:43 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 12:22 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 12:42 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 12:54 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 13:08 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 13:36 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 13:45 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 14:24 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 14:32 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 14:41 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 14:49 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-04-02 16:09 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-04-02 16:19 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 18:18 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-04-03 1:11 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-20 18:02 ` Alex Williamson
2009-04-03 12:03 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-03 12:15 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-03 13:13 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-03 13:37 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-03 16:28 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-05 10:00 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 3:09 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 6:46 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 8:54 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 9:03 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 9:05 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-01 20:29 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-01 22:23 ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-01 23:05 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-01 6:08 ` Rusty Russell
2009-04-01 11:35 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 1:24 ` Rusty Russell
2009-04-02 2:27 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-01 16:10 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-04-05 3:44 ` Rusty Russell
2009-04-05 8:06 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-05 14:13 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-04-05 16:10 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-05 16:45 ` Anthony Liguori
2009-04-02 3:15 ` Herbert Xu
[not found] <49D469D2020000A100045FA1@lucius.provo.novell.com>
2009-04-02 14:14 ` Patrick Mullaney
2009-04-02 14:27 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 15:31 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-02 15:49 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 16:06 ` Herbert Xu
2009-04-02 16:51 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-02 17:44 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-03 11:43 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-03 14:58 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-03 15:37 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-03 18:19 ` Gregory Haskins
2009-04-05 10:50 ` Avi Kivity
2009-04-03 17:09 ` Chris Wright
2009-04-03 18:32 ` Gregory Haskins
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