Re: [RFC PATCH V2 0/5] vhost: accelerate metadata access through vmap()

2019-03-08 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Wed, Mar 06, 2019 at 02:18:07AM -0500, Jason Wang wrote: > This series tries to access virtqueue metadata through kernel virtual > address instead of copy_user() friends since they had too much > overheads like checks, spec barriers or even hardware feature > toggling. This is done through setup

[RFC PATCH V2 0/5] vhost: accelerate metadata access through vmap()

2019-03-05 Thread Jason Wang
This series tries to access virtqueue metadata through kernel virtual address instead of copy_user() friends since they had too much overheads like checks, spec barriers or even hardware feature toggling. This is done through setup kernel address through vmap() and resigter MMU notifier for invalid