From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9348CC28CC0 for ; Thu, 30 May 2019 11:28:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61B2B24298 for ; Thu, 30 May 2019 11:28:17 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="i5X2x8yv" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726817AbfE3L2Q (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 May 2019 07:28:16 -0400 Received: from mail-wm1-f67.google.com ([209.85.128.67]:33353 "EHLO mail-wm1-f67.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725440AbfE3L2Q (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 May 2019 07:28:16 -0400 Received: by mail-wm1-f67.google.com with SMTP id v19so5819526wmh.0; Thu, 30 May 2019 04:28:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hnYCxGJZKcT1U2WS36X5u87tJhTuR53JcMerladDNc0=; b=i5X2x8yvViOlOAIO56aMVL1XacEOp7aNYpqcl9r2QVBBhlZSsYcMYD0d+M8eOKDW6L HibcDgAMiPhRGwT7oZvc+6mhnR4hubClpgh8jpD7sS8o4dDFbWpdUo7VfEpb+ZD9Awl6 AfxXSAk7B7/zbML24+6rN4BDX80e6yfglSzfNhHq05+O4OIfQR8sxZvr4EK6YjcNq1PT 5f5qUKbZ6fZWy2k+ouU62OC/DfYJLDUSlCvN1I6qeoXl3z4TrQzk701I4riYhyT2pQLc WyZo6kpqP2dJikq2M1fvhXqJZN7fIHdchVJJtyoEoOylP9183TJgOp2GXfnT6p7x1+U/ SH4w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hnYCxGJZKcT1U2WS36X5u87tJhTuR53JcMerladDNc0=; b=djDp1x/zJ/aLIbjUIbqRkqX/DM68wsuKsQXjy01PH6D6sNJAmy/Trynb0VynI4QqRZ R/QMWmVgHJlO6U/8BZij86XuzlXLtxbSMSszFnrwaTooxxqbqWaNFc2FHUAlTkaPWDwQ YYrCD0189Ir2nVjZ9F8kRsIwd+csEOx51smeR556wlf6E9wB3TiiP2miaJAfGZ8vlfQi qpxiUHi9wDS87qN/UmlAjrMpHkTKXFDxZIJjsmti22aB3X1uLE23lgQSIuFzGEKdef1r CM4H+Z7lyWNWA/Y06jXybrUDT4iHzhDXRnoaZI/aVuHRxPLnLjzwcTq+eo9FKGrufhMs RPXg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAX5czVxs5Efs7ccOLoVEfSJrq3bhyFPknMRnpl7bGPJw+wBW1aG d4CLTnZePBZu5YeJGgo0MmNzR3YR X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyaf2R6Ej4BRd88YAgggJyetRd3ANiOej1ufNx8g2/vFwVDnYzinYwJwDoMXrm4Osy0n1TvKw== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:1947:: with SMTP id 68mr1952400wmz.171.1559215693274; Thu, 30 May 2019 04:28:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from donizetti.redhat.com ([2001:b07:6468:f312:f91e:ffe0:9205:3b26]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o14sm2601855wrp.77.2019.05.30.04.28.12 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 30 May 2019 04:28:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Paolo Bonzini To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org Cc: jejb@linux.ibm.com, martin.petersen@oracle.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, stefanha@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH 0/2] scsi: add support for request batching Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 13:28:09 +0200 Message-Id: <20190530112811.3066-1-pbonzini@redhat.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.21.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This allows a list of requests to be issued, with the LLD only writing the hardware doorbell when necessary, after the last request was prepared. This is more efficient if we have lists of requests to issue, particularly on virtualized hardware, where writing the doorbell is more expensive than on real hardware. This applies to any HBA, either singlequeue or multiqueue; the second patch implements it for virtio-scsi. Paolo Paolo Bonzini (2): scsi_host: add support for request batching virtio_scsi: implement request batching drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h | 1 + include/scsi/scsi_host.h | 16 +++++++++-- 4 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) -- 2.21.0