[PATCH V3 1/5] vhost: factor out IOTLB

Randy Dunlap
2020-02-20T04:04:10Z

On 2/19/20 7:56 PM, Jason Wang wrote:
> This patch factors out IOTLB into a dedicated module in order to be
> reused by other modules like vringh. User may choose to enable the
> automatic retiring by specifying VHOST_IOTLB_FLAG_RETIRE flag to fit
> for the case of vhost device IOTLB implementation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang at redhat.com>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                 |   1 +
>  drivers/vhost/Kconfig       |   7 ++
>  drivers/vhost/Makefile      |   2 +
>  drivers/vhost/net.c         |   2 +-
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.c       | 221 +++++++++++-------------------------
>  drivers/vhost/vhost.h       |  36 ++----
>  drivers/vhost/vhost_iotlb.c | 171 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/vhost_iotlb.h |  45 ++++++++
>  8 files changed, 304 insertions(+), 181 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/vhost/vhost_iotlb.c
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/vhost_iotlb.h
>

Hi,
Sorry if you have gone over this previously:

> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
> index 3d03ccbd1adc..eef634ff9a6e 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ config VHOST_VSOCK
>
>  config VHOST
>  	tristate
> +	select VHOST_IOTLB
>  	---help---
>  	  This option is selected by any driver which needs to access
>  	  the core of vhost.
> @@ -54,3 +55,9 @@ config VHOST_CROSS_ENDIAN_LEGACY
>  	  adds some overhead, it is disabled by default.
>
>  	  If unsure, say "N".
> +
> +config VHOST_IOTLB
> +	tristate
> +	default m

"default m" should not be needed. Just make whatever needs it select
it.

> +	help
> +	  Generic IOTLB implementation for vhost and vringh.


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~Randy