Hi Roger,

An another point that needs to be filled = up in the application is timeline.
I made the proposition of it, I am no= t sure if it should be more complex.=C2=A0

Could you look at it in your= free time?

Timeline:

22 April - 22 May [Before the intershi= p]
=C2=A0* Elaborate performance measurement methodology. That may inclu= de putting trace
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 points using TRDCS and performing read op= eration with varying block=C2=A0sizes on=C2=A0

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 diff= erent storage devices as in [3].
=C2=A0* Gain a profound knowledge about= implementation of xen-blkback in Qemu=C2=A0and Linux kernel.

23 May= - 6 June [Begin of the intership - up to two weeks]
=C2=A0* Prepare and= improve performance measurement test.
=C2=A0* Gather and document the r= esults.

6 June - 23 August
=C2=A0* Base on the analysis and the t= ask description implement performance improvement future=C2=A0

= =C2=A0 =C2=A0inside of QEMU's=C2=A0xen-blkback.

=C2=A0* Prepa= re and run regression tests and continue performance measurement for=C2=A0<= /div>

=C2=A0 =C2=A0each=C2=A0implemented feature.
=C2=A0* Document t= he results.

15 August - 23 August [Close to the end]
=C2= =A0* Sum up the work:
=C2=A0 =C2=A0- indicate the obstacles
=C2=A0 = =C2=A0- form the conclusion and
=C2=A0 =C2=A0- indicate future work.
=
References:
[1] http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drive= rs/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
[2] http://xen= bits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=3Dxen.git;a=3Dblob;f=3Dxen/include/public/io/blkif.h=
[3] https://events.lin= uxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/20131025%20-%20Storage%20Perform= ance%20PDF.pdf

On 23 March 2016 at 19:21, Dario Faggioli <= ;dario.faggioli@citrix.com= > wrote:
> Hey,
>
> please, do not use HTML for emails= to this list.
>
> On Wed, 2016-03-23 at 17:38 +0100, Paulina S= zubarczyk wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thank you for the = proposed tasks. I would like to work on the second
>> one,
>= > fixing the return codes in xl.
>>
> I just wanted to sa= y that, since I've done (and mentored) some similar
> activity be= fore, so, if you go for this, feel free to ask and/or to Cc
> me to t= he patches as well. :-)
>
> Regards,
> Dario
> --> <<This happens because I choose it to happen!>> (Raistli= n Majere)
> ---------------------------------------------------------= --------
> Dario Faggioli, Ph.D, http://about.me/dario.faggioli
> Senior Software Engineer,= Citrix Systems R&D Ltd., Cambridge (UK)
>

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