From: Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@redhat.com>
To: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
qemu-devel@nongnu.org, linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org,
kwolf@redhat.com, haozhong zhang <haozhong.zhang@intel.com>,
jack@suse.cz, xiaoguangrong eric <xiaoguangrong.eric@gmail.com>,
riel@surriel.com, niteshnarayanlal@hotmail.com, david@redhat.com,
ross zwisler <ross.zwisler@intel.com>,
lcapitulino@redhat.com, hch@infradead.org, mst@redhat.com,
stefanha@redhat.com, imammedo@redhat.com, pbonzini@redhat.com,
dan j williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
nilal@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC v3] qemu: Add virtio pmem device
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 01:01:39 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <399916154.53931292.1532494899706.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <783786ae-2e85-2376-448c-1e362c3d4d48@redhat.com>
Hi Eric,
>
> On 07/13/2018 02:52 AM, Pankaj Gupta wrote:
> > This patch adds virtio-pmem Qemu device.
> >
> > This device presents memory address range information to guest
> > which is backed by file backend type. It acts like persistent
> > memory device for KVM guest. Guest can perform read and persistent
> > write operations on this memory range with the help of DAX capable
> > filesystem.
> >
> > Persistent guest writes are assured with the help of virtio based
> > flushing interface. When guest userspace space performs fsync on
> > file fd on pmem device, a flush command is send to Qemu over VIRTIO
> > and host side flush/sync is done on backing image file.
> >
> > Changes from RFC v2:
>
> This patch has no n/M in the subject line; but is included in a thread
> that also has a 0/2 cover letter, as well as 1/2 and 2/2 patches in
> separate mails. Is that intentional?
Yes, kernel series has 0-2 patches and Qemu has this one. I thought its
good to keep separate numbering for both the sets.
>
> When sending revision notes on a specific patch, it's best to place them...
Sure.
>
> > - Use aio_worker() to avoid Qemu from hanging with blocking fsync
> > call - Stefan
> > - Use virtio_st*_p() for endianess - Stefan
> > - Correct indentation in qapi/misc.json - Eric
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@redhat.com>
> > ---
>
> ...here, after the --- separator. They are useful to reviewers on the
> list, but are stripped by 'git am' as they don't need to be part of the
> git history (a year from now, we won't care how many iterations the
> patch went through during review, only what actually landed).
>
>
> > +++ b/qapi/misc.json
> > @@ -2907,6 +2907,29 @@
> > }
> > }
> >
> > +##
> > +# @VirtioPMemDeviceInfo:
> > +#
> > +# VirtioPMem state information
> > +#
> > +# @id: device's ID
> > +#
> > +# @start: physical address, where device is mapped
> > +#
> > +# @size: size of memory that the device provides
> > +#
> > +# @memdev: memory backend linked with device
> > +#
> > +# Since: 2.13
>
> There is no 2.13 release, and you've missed the 3.0 window. Please
> update this and any other version reference to 3.1.
okay.
Thanks,
Pankaj
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-25 5:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-13 7:52 [RFC v3 0/2] kvm "fake DAX" device flushing Pankaj Gupta
2018-07-13 7:52 ` [RFC v3 1/2] libnvdimm: Add flush callback for virtio pmem Pankaj Gupta
2018-07-13 20:35 ` Luiz Capitulino
2018-07-16 8:13 ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-07-13 7:52 ` [RFC v3 2/2] virtio-pmem: Add virtio pmem driver Pankaj Gupta
2018-07-13 20:38 ` Luiz Capitulino
2018-07-16 11:46 ` [Qemu-devel] " Pankaj Gupta
2018-07-16 14:03 ` Luiz Capitulino
2018-07-16 15:11 ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-07-17 13:11 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2018-07-18 7:05 ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-07-13 7:52 ` [RFC v3] qemu: Add virtio pmem device Pankaj Gupta
2018-07-18 12:55 ` Luiz Capitulino
2018-07-19 5:48 ` [Qemu-devel] " Pankaj Gupta
2018-07-19 12:16 ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2018-07-19 12:48 ` Luiz Capitulino
2018-07-19 12:57 ` Luiz Capitulino
2018-07-20 13:04 ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-07-19 13:58 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-07-19 15:48 ` Luiz Capitulino
2018-07-20 13:02 ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-07-19 12:39 ` Luiz Capitulino
2018-07-24 16:13 ` Eric Blake
2018-07-25 5:01 ` Pankaj Gupta [this message]
2018-07-25 12:19 ` [Qemu-devel] " Eric Blake
2018-07-25 12:47 ` Pankaj Gupta
2018-08-28 12:13 ` [RFC v3 0/2] kvm "fake DAX" device flushing David Hildenbrand
2018-08-28 12:39 ` [Qemu-devel] " Pankaj Gupta
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