Re: [PATCH net-next V2 0/8] Packed virtqueue support for vhost

2018-07-22 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 08:45:16AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > > I'm not sure I understand this approach. Packed ring is just an > > optimization. > > What value is there in merging it if it does not help speed? > > If you want to support migration from dpdk or vDPA backend. Migration from dpdk i

Re: [PATCH net-next V2 0/8] Packed virtqueue support for vhost

2018-07-17 Thread David Miller
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:49:04 +0300 > I'm not sure I understand this approach. Packed ring is just an > optimization. What value is there in merging it if it does not help > speed? So it seems that both Tiwei's and Jason's packed patch sets are kind of in limbo due

Re: [PATCH net-next V2 0/8] Packed virtqueue support for vhost

2018-07-16 Thread Jason Wang
On 2018年07月16日 20:49, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 05:46:33PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: On 2018年07月16日 16:39, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:28:03AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: Hi all: This series implements packed virtqueues. The code were tested wit

Re: [PATCH net-next V2 0/8] Packed virtqueue support for vhost

2018-07-16 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 05:46:33PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > > > On 2018年07月16日 16:39, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:28:03AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > > > Hi all: > > > > > > This series implements packed virtqueues. The code were tested with > > > Tiwei's guest driv

Re: [PATCH net-next V2 0/8] Packed virtqueue support for vhost

2018-07-16 Thread Jason Wang
On 2018年07月16日 16:39, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:28:03AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: Hi all: This series implements packed virtqueues. The code were tested with Tiwei's guest driver series at https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/cover/942297/ Pktgen test for both RX and TX do

Re: [PATCH net-next V2 0/8] Packed virtqueue support for vhost

2018-07-16 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:28:03AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > Hi all: > > This series implements packed virtqueues. The code were tested with > Tiwei's guest driver series at https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/cover/942297/ > > > Pktgen test for both RX and TX does not show obvious difference with > s

[PATCH net-next V2 0/8] Packed virtqueue support for vhost

2018-07-15 Thread Jason Wang
Hi all: This series implements packed virtqueues. The code were tested with Tiwei's guest driver series at https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/cover/942297/ Pktgen test for both RX and TX does not show obvious difference with split virtqueues. The main bottleneck is the guest Linux driver, since it can