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With PUBLISH_USED_IDX, guest tells us which used entries it has consumed. This can be used to reduce the number of interrupts: after we write a used entry, if the guest has not yet consumed the previous entry, or if the guest has already consumed the new entry, we do not need to interrupt. This imporves bandwidth by 30%...

With PUBLISH_USED_IDX, guest tells us which used entries it has consumed. This can be used to reduce the number of interrupts: after we write a used entry, if the guest has not yet consumed the previous entry, or if the guest has already consumed the new entry, we do not need to interrupt. This imporves bandwidth by 30%...

With PUBLISH_USED_IDX, guest tells us which used entries it has consumed. This can be used to reduce the number of interrupts: after we write a used entry, if the guest has not yet consumed the previous entry, or if the guest has already consumed the new entry, we do not need to interrupt. This imporves bandwidth by 30%...

With PUBLISH_USED_IDX, guest tells us which used entries it has consumed. This can be used to reduce the number of interrupts: after we write a used entry, if the guest has not yet consumed the previous entry, or if the guest has already consumed the new entry, we do not need to interrupt. This imporves bandwidth by 30%...

OK, here's a patch that implements the virtio spec update that I sent earlier. It supercedes the PUBLISH_USED_IDX patches I sent out earlier. Support is added in both userspace and vhost-net. I see nice performance improvements: e.g. from 12 to 18 Gbit/s host to guest with netperf, but did not spend a lot of time testing performance. I hope others will try this out and report. Note: there are 2 new features...

OK, here's a patch that implements the virtio spec update that I sent earlier. It supercedes the PUBLISH_USED_IDX patches I sent out earlier. Support is added in both userspace and vhost-net. I see nice performance improvements: e.g. from 12 to 18 Gbit/s host to guest with netperf, but did not spend a lot of time testing performance. I hope others will try this out and report. Note: there are 2 new features...

OK, here is the large patchset that implements the virtio spec update that I sent earlier (the spec itself needs a minor update, will send that out too next week, but I think we are on the same page here already). It supercedes the PUBLISH_USED_IDX patches I sent out earlier. What will follow will be a patchset that actually includes 4 sets of patches. I note below their status. Please consider for 2.6.40, at least partially. Rusty, do you think it's feasible? List of patches and what they do: I) With the first patchset, we change vi...

OK, here is the large patchset that implements the virtio spec update that I sent earlier (the spec itself needs a minor update, will send that out too next week, but I think we are on the same page here already). It supercedes the PUBLISH_USED_IDX patches I sent out earlier. What will follow will be a patchset that actually includes 4 sets of patches. I note below their status. Please consider for 2.6.40, at least partially. Rusty, do you think it's feasible? List of patches and what they do: I) With the first patchset, we change vi...

OK, here's a large patchset that implements the virtio spec update that I sent earlier. It supercedes the PUBLISH_USED_IDX patches I sent out earlier. I know it's a lot to ask but please test, and please consider for 2.6.40 :) I see nice performance improvements: one run showed going from 12 to 18 Gbit/s host to guest with netperf, but I did not spend a lot of time testing performance, so no guarantees it's n...

OK, here's a large patchset that implements the virtio spec update that I sent earlier. It supercedes the PUBLISH_USED_IDX patches I sent out earlier. I know it's a lot to ask but please test, and please consider for 2.6.40 :) I see nice performance improvements: one run showed going from 12 to 18 Gbit/s host to guest with netperf, but I did not spend a lot of time testing performance, so no guarantees it's n...

OK, here's a patch that implements the virtio spec update that I sent earlier. It supercedes the PUBLISH_USED_IDX patches I sent out earlier. Support is added in both userspace and vhost-net. If you see issues or are just curious, you can turn the new feature off. For example: -global virtio-net-pci.event_idx=on -global virtio-blk-pci.event_idx=off Also, it's possible to try both vhost-net and virtio-n...

OK, here's a patch that implements the virtio spec update that I sent earlier. It supercedes the PUBLISH_USED_IDX patches I sent out earlier. Support is added in both userspace and vhost-net. If you see issues or are just curious, you can turn the new feature off. For example: -global virtio-net-pci.event_idx=on -global virtio-blk-pci.event_idx=off Also, it's possible to try both vhost-net and virtio-n...