On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 11:28:41AM +0100, Matthias Brugger wrote: > v2: > - fix issues found by checkpatch.pl > - change the descritpion of patch 3 > > This patch series makes the thread pool implementation modular. > This allows each drive to use a special implementation. > The patch series prepares qemu to be able to include thread pools different to > the one actually implemented. It will allow to implement approaches like > paravirtualized block requests [1]. > > [1] > http://www.linux-kvm.org/wiki/images/5/53/2012-forum-Brugger-lightningtalk.pdf
-drive aio=threads|native already distinguishes between different AIO implementations. IMO -drive aio= is the logical interface if you want to add a new AIO mechanism. I'd also like to see the thread pool implementation you wish to add before we add a layer of indirection which has no users yet.
