Linux Virtualization - May 2019 - [PATCH 01/10] virtio/s390: use vring_create_virtqueue

On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:32:36 +0200
Halil Pasic <pasic at linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> The commit 2a2d1382fe9d ("virtio: Add improved queue allocation
API")
> establishes a new way of allocating virtqueues (as a part of the effort
> that taught DMA to virtio rings).
> 
> In the future we will want virtio-ccw to use the DMA API as well.
> 
> Let us switch from the legacy method of allocating virtqueues to
> vring_create_virtqueue() as the first step into that direction.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Halil Pasic <pasic at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c | 30 +++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck at redhat.com>

I'd vote for merging this patch right away for 5.2.

On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 11:17:24AM +0200, Cornelia Huck
wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:32:36 +0200
> Halil Pasic <pasic at linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> > The commit 2a2d1382fe9d ("virtio: Add improved queue allocation
API")
> > establishes a new way of allocating virtqueues (as a part of the
effort
> > that taught DMA to virtio rings).
> > 
> > In the future we will want virtio-ccw to use the DMA API as well.
> > 
> > Let us switch from the legacy method of allocating virtqueues to
> > vring_create_virtqueue() as the first step into that direction.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Halil Pasic <pasic at linux.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c | 30 +++++++++++-------------------
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck at redhat.com>
> 
> I'd vote for merging this patch right away for 5.2.
So which tree is this going through? mine?

-- 
MST

On Fri, 3 May 2019 16:04:48 -0400
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 11:17:24AM +0200, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:32:36 +0200
> > Halil Pasic <pasic at linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > The commit 2a2d1382fe9d ("virtio: Add improved queue
allocation API")
> > > establishes a new way of allocating virtqueues (as a part of the
effort
> > > that taught DMA to virtio rings).
> > > 
> > > In the future we will want virtio-ccw to use the DMA API as well.
> > > 
> > > Let us switch from the legacy method of allocating virtqueues to
> > > vring_create_virtqueue() as the first step into that direction.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Halil Pasic <pasic at linux.ibm.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/s390/virtio/virtio_ccw.c | 30
+++++++++++-------------------
> > >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck at redhat.com>
> > 
> > I'd vote for merging this patch right away for 5.2.
> 
> So which tree is this going through? mine?
> 
Christian, what do you think? If the whole series is supposed to go in
in one go (which I hope it is), via Martin's tree could be the simplest
route IMHO.

Regards,
Halil