Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759901Ab1EOMry (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 May 2011 08:47:54 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:11179 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755713Ab1EOMrw (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 May 2011 08:47:52 -0400 Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 15:47:27 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: Rusty Russell Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Carsten Otte , Christian Borntraeger , linux390@de.ibm.com, Martin Schwidefsky , Heiko Carstens , Shirley Ma , lguest@lists.ozlabs.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, Krishna Kumar , Tom Lendacky , steved@us.ibm.com, habanero@linux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/18] virtio_ring: avail event index interface Message-ID: <20110515124727.GA24932@redhat.com> References: <87aaewh5pg.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87aaewh5pg.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1908 Lines: 49 On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 01:43:15PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote: > On Wed, 4 May 2011 23:51:19 +0300, "Michael S. Tsirkin" wrote: > > Define a new feature bit for the host to > > declare that it uses an avail_event index > > (like Xen) instead of a feature bit > > to enable/disable interrupts. > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin > > --- > > include/linux/virtio_ring.h | 11 ++++++++--- > > 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_ring.h b/include/linux/virtio_ring.h > > index f5c1b75..f791772 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/virtio_ring.h > > +++ b/include/linux/virtio_ring.h > > @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ > > /* The Guest publishes the used index for which it expects an interrupt > > * at the end of the avail ring. Host should ignore the avail->flags field. */ > > #define VIRTIO_RING_F_USED_EVENT_IDX 29 > > +/* The Host publishes the avail index for which it expects a kick > > + * at the end of the used ring. Guest should ignore the used->flags field. */ > > +#define VIRTIO_RING_F_AVAIL_EVENT_IDX 32 > > Are you really sure we want to separate the two? Seems a little simpler > to have one bit to mean "we're publishing our threshold". For someone > implementing this from scratch, it's a little simpler. > > Or are there cases where the old style makes more sense? > > Thanks, > Rusty. Hmm, it makes debugging easier as each side can disable publishing separately - I used it all the time when I saw e.g. networking stuck to guess whether I need to investigate the interrupt or the exit handling. But I'm not hung up on this. Let me know pls. -- MST -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/