On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 06:10:19PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > Hi: > > This series tries to access virtqueue metadata through kernel virtual > address instead of copy_user() friends since they had too much > overheads like checks, spec barriers or even hardware feature > toggling. > > Test shows about 24% improvement on TX PPS. It should benefit other > cases as well.
BTW if the issue is all the error checking, maybe we should consider using something like uaccess_catch and check in a single place. > Please review > > Jason Wang (3): > vhost: generalize adding used elem > vhost: fine grain userspace memory accessors > vhost: access vq metadata through kernel virtual address > > drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 281 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- > drivers/vhost/vhost.h | 11 ++ > 2 files changed, 266 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.17.1
