On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 10:21 AM Heng Qi <hen...@linux.alibaba.com> wrote: > > > > 在 2024/3/22 下午1:19, Jason Wang 写道: > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 7:46 PM Heng Qi <hen...@linux.alibaba.com> wrote: > >> Currently, ctrlq processes commands in a synchronous manner, > >> which increases the delay of dim commands when configuring > >> multi-queue VMs, which in turn causes the CPU utilization to > >> increase and interferes with the performance of dim. > >> > >> Therefore we asynchronously process ctlq's dim commands. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Heng Qi <hen...@linux.alibaba.com> > > I may miss some previous discussions. > > > > But at least the changelog needs to explain why you don't use interrupt. > > Will add, but reply here first. > > When upgrading the driver's ctrlq to use interrupt, problems may occur > with some existing devices. > For example, when existing devices are replaced with new drivers, they > may not work. > Or, if the guest OS supported by the new device is replaced by an old > downstream OS product, it will not be usable. > > Although, ctrlq has the same capabilities as IOq in the virtio spec, > this does have historical baggage.
I don't think the upstream Linux drivers need to workaround buggy devices. Or it is a good excuse to block configure interrupts. And I remember you told us your device doesn't have such an issue. Thanks > > Thanks, > Heng > > > > > Thanks >
