Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] xen_disk: add persistent grant support to xen_disk backend

2013-01-09 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > On 09/01/13 13:48, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Jan 2013, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > >> This protocol extension reuses the same set of grant pages for all > >> transactions between the front/back drivers, avoiding expensive tlb > >> flushes, gra

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] xen_disk: add persistent grant support to xen_disk backend

2013-01-09 Thread Roger Pau Monné
On 09/01/13 13:48, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jan 2013, Roger Pau Monne wrote: >> This protocol extension reuses the same set of grant pages for all >> transactions between the front/back drivers, avoiding expensive tlb >> flushes, grant table lock contention and switches between userspa

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] xen_disk: add persistent grant support to xen_disk backend

2013-01-09 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Tue, 8 Jan 2013, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > This protocol extension reuses the same set of grant pages for all > transactions between the front/back drivers, avoiding expensive tlb > flushes, grant table lock contention and switches between userspace > and kernel space. The full description of the

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] xen_disk: add persistent grant support to xen_disk backend

2013-01-08 Thread Roger Pau Monne
This protocol extension reuses the same set of grant pages for all transactions between the front/back drivers, avoiding expensive tlb flushes, grant table lock contention and switches between userspace and kernel space. The full description of the protocol can be found in the public blkif.h header