Hi Christoph,
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 03:54:05PM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Split virtqueue_kick to be able to do the actual notification outside the
> lock protecting the virtqueue. This patch was originally done by
Nitpick:
Until now, virtqueue_kick is called under lock, still so descr
On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:31:48 +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> So let's change the API for everyone, into:
>
> bool virtqueue_should_kick(struct virtqueue *vq);
> void virtqueue_kick(struct virtqueue *vq);
>
> Patch series coming...
Nope, that sucked. virtqueue_should_kick() has si
On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 03:25:44 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 01:49:36PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > I thought it was still a WIP?
>
> The whole series - yes. This patch (and the serial number rewrite): no
> - these are pretty much rock solid.
OK, thanks.
> > Since
On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 01:49:36PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> I thought it was still a WIP?
The whole series - yes. This patch (and the serial number rewrite): no
- these are pretty much rock solid.
> Since the problem is contention on the lock inside the block layer, the
> simplest solution
On Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:40:45 +0200, "Michael S. Tsirkin" wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 11:18:28AM -0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 12:15:36PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > > On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:54:05 -0400, Christoph Hellwig
> > > wrote:
> > > > Split virtqueue
On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 11:18:28AM -0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 12:15:36PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:54:05 -0400, Christoph Hellwig
> > wrote:
> > > Split virtqueue_kick to be able to do the actual notification outside the
> > > lock prot
On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 12:15:36PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:54:05 -0400, Christoph Hellwig
> wrote:
> > Split virtqueue_kick to be able to do the actual notification outside the
> > lock protecting the virtqueue. This patch was originally done by
> > Stefan Hajnoczi,
On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 03:54:05PM -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Split virtqueue_kick to be able to do the actual notification outside the
> lock protecting the virtqueue. This patch was originally done by
> Stefan Hajnoczi, but I can't find the original one anymore and had to
> recreated it f
Split virtqueue_kick to be able to do the actual notification outside the
lock protecting the virtqueue. This patch was originally done by
Stefan Hajnoczi, but I can't find the original one anymore and had to
recreated it from memory. Pointers to the original or corrections for
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