Re: [RFC PATCH V2 0/5] macvtap TX zero copy between guest and host kernel

2011-02-14 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 01:51:31AM -0800, Shirley Ma wrote: This patchset add supports for TX zero-copy between guest and host kernel through vhost. It significantly reduces CPU utilization on the local host on which the guest is located (It reduced 30-50% CPU usage for vhost thread for single

Re: [RFC PATCH V2 0/5] macvtap TX zero copy between guest and host kernel

2011-02-14 Thread Shirley Ma
On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 15:09 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: What's the status here? Since there are core net changes, we'll need to see the final version soon if it's to appear in 2.6.39. I am updating the patch and retesting it for the new kernel. I am trying to understand why zero copy

[RFC PATCH V2 0/5] macvtap TX zero copy between guest and host kernel

2010-12-10 Thread Shirley Ma
This patchset add supports for TX zero-copy between guest and host kernel through vhost. It significantly reduces CPU utilization on the local host on which the guest is located (It reduced 30-50% CPU usage for vhost thread for single stream test). The patchset is based on previous submission and

Re: [RFC PATCH V2 0/5] macvtap TX zero copy between guest and host kernel

2010-12-10 Thread Shirley Ma
This patch has built and tested against most recent linus git tree. But I haven't done checkpatch yet. I would like to know whether this approach is acceptable or not first. Thanks Shirley -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe kvm in the body of a message to