2014-06-23 0:32 GMT-04:00 Venkateswara Rao Nandigam <venkateswararao.nandigam@xxxxxxxxxx>: > It depends on Guest driver. If you look at virtio, the present guest drivers are implemented this way, I presume there cannot be a better way functionally. But if someone wants to reduce these notifications, they can do it in their Guest driver. There were some generic attempts like "TX Interrupt Moderation" and "polling mode" in virtio driver. It is interesting. Are there similar ways in RX path? > > I have reduced notifications in my own implementation, but that’s specific to my Guest. I am interested in the reduced notification mechanism. Would you mind sharing your implementation? Thanks. Regards, Cong > > Thanks, > Venkatesh > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Xu [mailto:davidxu06@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 8:43 AM > To: Venkateswara Rao Nandigam > Cc: kvm > Subject: Re: vhost notification model > > 2014-06-22 22:57 GMT-04:00 Venkateswara Rao Nandigam > <venkateswararao.nandigam@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> There are individual notifications for each packet/buffer on the both Rx and Tx. > > So, it means there is no coalescing mechanism for Rx/Tx notification currently. Each request/response (Rx/Tx) will trigger a VM exit/entry. > Right? > > Regards, > Cong > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: kvm-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kvm-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On >> Behalf Of David Xu >> Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 11:55 PM >> To: kvm >> Subject: vhost notification model >> >> Hi All, >> >> When vhost receive packets, does it notify target VM for each request or a bunch of requests? How about the tx path? When one VM send packets, does the VM trap to privilege mode via VM exit and kick vhost for each packet or buffer several packets then trap and kick once? >> Thanks. >> >> Regards, >> Cong >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the >> body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at >> http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
