[dpdk-dev] 答复: [PATCH v4] vhost: support inflight share memory protocol feature

["Li,Lin(ACG Cloud)" <lilin24@baidu.com>]

> -----邮件原件-----
> 发件人: Tiwei Bie [mailto:tiwei.bie@intel.com]
> 发送时间: 2019年5月21日 16:47
> 收件人: lin li <chuckylinchuckylin@gmail.com>
> 抄送: dev@dpdk.org; dariusz.stojaczyk@intel.com; changpeng.liu@intel.com;
> Li,Lin(ACG Cloud) <lilin24@baidu.com>; maxime.coquelin@redhat.com
> 主题: Re: [PATCH v4] vhost: support inflight share memory protocol feature
> 
> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 04:29:31PM +0800, lin li wrote:
> > Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@intel.com> 于2019年5月20日周一上午10:14写道：
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 05:47:07PM +0200, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
> > > > On 5/5/19 11:02 AM, Li Lin wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > >   /**
> > > > >    * Device structure contains all configuration information relating
> > > > >    * to the device.
> > > > > @@ -303,6 +314,7 @@ struct virtio_net {
> > > > >     uint32_t                nr_vring;
> > > > >     int                     dequeue_zero_copy;
> > > > >     struct vhost_virtqueue  *virtqueue[VHOST_MAX_QUEUE_PAIRS
> *
> > > > > 2];
> > > > > +   struct inflight_mem_info inflight_info;
> > > > >   #define IF_NAME_SZ (PATH_MAX > IFNAMSIZ ? PATH_MAX :
> IFNAMSIZ)
> > > > >     char                    ifname[IF_NAME_SZ];
> > > > >     uint64_t                log_size;
> > > >
> > > > Do you have some code example using these new APIs?
> > > > It would help for reviewing the patch.
> > >
> > > +1
> > I just submitted SPDK-related patches, and you will see how to use new API.
> 
> SPDK is another separate project. For the DPDK APIs introduced in this patch, it
> would be great to have an example in DPDK to demonstrate their usage, e.g.
> examples/vhost_scsi. Besides, the new APIs also need to take the packed ring
> into consideration.

The patch does not apply to SCSI ,and disconnection can cause a
timeout problem in SCSI.
To disconnection, scsi driver have a different process.
This patch is only valid for vhost blk.
The use of new two messages and the implementation of packed queue are
described in docs/vhost-user.txt.

> 
> Thanks,
> Tiwei