Re: Re: Re: [PATCH V4 4/4] target-i386: add i440fx 0xcf8 portascoalesced_pio

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On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 11:17:49PM +0800, peng.hao2@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 04:25:00PM +0800, peng.hao2@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> >> On 25 Aug 2018, at 15:19, Peng Hao <peng.hao2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> 
> >> >> diff --git a/hw/pci-host/piix.c b/hw/pci-host/piix.c
> >> >> index 0e60834..da73743 100644
> >> >> --- a/hw/pci-host/piix.c
> >> >> +++ b/hw/pci-host/piix.c
> >> >> @@ -327,6 +327,10 @@ static void i440fx_pcihost_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
> >> >> 
> >> >>     sysbus_add_io(sbd, 0xcfc, &s->data_mem);
> >> >>     sysbus_init_ioports(sbd, 0xcfc, 4);
> >> >> +
> >> >> +    /* register i440fx 0xcf8 port as coalesced pio */
> >> >> +    memory_region_set_flush_coalesced(&s->data_mem);
> >> >> +    memory_region_add_coalescing(&s->conf_mem, 0, 4);
> >> >> }
> >> >> 
> >> >Is there a reason to not register this port as coalesced PIO also for Q35?
> >> >In q35_host_realize()?
> >> >If not, I would do that as an extra patch as part of this series.
> >> Just as I mentioned in patch [0/4] , you can add pci->>host config port as coalesecd pio. I think  it works for q35 port 0xcf8.
> >> >-Liran
> >
> >What's the performance improvement for q35?
> q35 also has  the same pci-host config port 0xcf8  as  piix. I test the coalesced pio for 
> q35 pci-host config port 0xcf8. It spent less VM-exit avg time from 3us to 0.6us.

so pls include that patch too. piix is mostly feature frozen, piix only
features aren't likely to be merged.

> >-- 
> >MST




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