Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 01/11] x86/hvm/ioreq: maintain an array of ioreq servers rather than a list

2017-10-04 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 04/10/17 11:16, Jan Beulich wrote: On 29.09.17 at 17:38, wrote: >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Andrew Cooper >>> Sent: 29 September 2017 16:35 >>> To: Paul Durrant ; xen-de...@lists.xenproject.org >>> Cc: Jan Beulich >>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 01/11] x86/hvm/ioreq: maintain an

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 01/11] x86/hvm/ioreq: maintain an array of ioreq servers rather than a list

2017-10-04 Thread Paul Durrant
> -Original Message- > From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeul...@suse.com] > Sent: 04 October 2017 11:16 > To: Andrew Cooper ; Paul Durrant > > Cc: xen-de...@lists.xenproject.org > Subject: RE: [PATCH v8 01/11] x86/hvm/ioreq: maintain an array of ioreq > servers rather than a list > > >>> On 29.

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 01/11] x86/hvm/ioreq: maintain an array of ioreq servers rather than a list

2017-10-04 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 29.09.17 at 17:38, wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: Andrew Cooper >> Sent: 29 September 2017 16:35 >> To: Paul Durrant ; xen-de...@lists.xenproject.org >> Cc: Jan Beulich >> Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 01/11] x86/hvm/ioreq: maintain an array of ioreq >> servers rather than a list

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 01/11] x86/hvm/ioreq: maintain an array of ioreq servers rather than a list

2017-09-29 Thread Paul Durrant
> -Original Message- > From: Andrew Cooper > Sent: 29 September 2017 16:35 > To: Paul Durrant ; xen-de...@lists.xenproject.org > Cc: Jan Beulich > Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 01/11] x86/hvm/ioreq: maintain an array of ioreq > servers rather than a list > > On 29/09/17 15:51, Paul Durrant wrote

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 01/11] x86/hvm/ioreq: maintain an array of ioreq servers rather than a list

2017-09-29 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 29/09/17 15:51, Paul Durrant wrote: > A subsequent patch will remove the current implicit limitation on creation > of ioreq servers which is due to the allocation of gfns for the ioreq > structures and buffered ioreq ring. > > It will therefore be necessary to introduce an explicit limit and, si

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v8 01/11] x86/hvm/ioreq: maintain an array of ioreq servers rather than a list

2017-09-29 Thread Paul Durrant
A subsequent patch will remove the current implicit limitation on creation of ioreq servers which is due to the allocation of gfns for the ioreq structures and buffered ioreq ring. It will therefore be necessary to introduce an explicit limit and, since this limit should be small, it simplifies th