similar to: [PATCH] xen-blk(front|back): Handle large physical sector disks

Dear list, This is the V4 of the trim support for xen-blkfront/blkback, Now we move BLKIF_OP_TRIM to BLKIF_OP_DISCARD, and dropped all "trim" stuffs in the patches, and use "discard" instead. Also we updated the helpers of blkif_x86_{32|64}_request or we will meet problems using a non-native protocol. And this patch has been tested with both SSD and raw file, with SSD we will

This patch implements persistent grants for the xen-blk{front,back} mechanism. The effect of this change is to reduce the number of unmap operations performed, since they cause a (costly) TLB shootdown. This allows the I/O performance to scale better when a large number of VMs are performing I/O. Previously, the blkfront driver was supplied a bvec[] from the request queue. This was granted to

I am proposing these two patches for 3.2. They allow the backend to process the REQ_FUA request as well. Previous to these patches it only did REQ_FLUSH. There is also a bug-fix for the logic of how barrier/flushes were handled. The patches are based on a branch which also has ''feature-discard'' patches, so they won''t apply nativly on top of 3.1-rc5. Please review and

We just reported to xenbus that we can't close yet, because blkfront is still in use. So we shouldn't then immediately state that we are closing. Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <drjones at redhat.com> --- drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c | 1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c index

We just reported to xenbus that we can't close yet, because blkfront is still in use. So we shouldn't then immediately state that we are closing. Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <drjones at redhat.com> --- drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c | 1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c index

We just reported to xenbus that we can't close yet, because blkfront is still in use. So we shouldn't then immediately state that we are closing. Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <drjones at redhat.com> --- drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c | 1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c index

From: Santosh Jodh <santosh.jodh at citrix.com> Add support for multi page ring for block devices. The number of pages is configurable for blkback via module parameter. blkback reports max-ring-page-order to blkfront via xenstore. blkfront reports its supported ring-page-order to blkback via xenstore. blkfront reports multi page ring references via ring-refNN in xenstore. The change allows

From: Santosh Jodh <santosh.jodh at citrix.com> Add support for multi page ring for block devices. The number of pages is configurable for blkback via module parameter. blkback reports max-ring-page-order to blkfront via xenstore. blkfront reports its supported ring-page-order to blkback via xenstore. blkfront reports multi page ring references via ring-refNN in xenstore. The change allows

From: Santosh Jodh <santosh.jodh at citrix.com> Add support for multi page ring for block devices. The number of pages is configurable for blkback via module parameter. blkback reports max-ring-page-order to blkfront via xenstore. blkfront reports its supported ring-page-order to blkback via xenstore. blkfront reports multi page ring references via ring-refNN in xenstore. The change allows

This patch contains fixes for persistent grants implementation v2: * handle == 0 is a valid handle, so initialize grants in blkback setting the handle to BLKBACK_INVALID_HANDLE instead of 0. Reported by Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk. * new_map is a boolean, use "true" or "false" instead of 1 and 0. Reported by Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk. * blkfront announces the

This patch series introduces the tapback daemon, the user space daemon that acts as a device''s back-end, essentially most of blkback in user space. The daemon is responsible for coordinating the front-end and tapdisk. It creates tapdisk process as needed, instructs them to connect to/disconnect from the shared ring, and manages the state of the back-end. The shared ring between the

To avoid direct access to the driver_data pointer in struct device, the functions dev_get_drvdata() and dev_set_drvdata() should be used. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin at gmail.com> --- diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c index 8f90508..ff09809 100644 --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c @@ -755,12 +755,12 @@

To avoid direct access to the driver_data pointer in struct device, the functions dev_get_drvdata() and dev_set_drvdata() should be used. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin at gmail.com> --- diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c index 8f90508..ff09809 100644 --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c @@ -755,12 +755,12 @@

To avoid direct access to the driver_data pointer in struct device, the functions dev_get_drvdata() and dev_set_drvdata() should be used. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin at gmail.com> --- diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c index 8f90508..ff09809 100644 --- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c +++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c @@ -755,12 +755,12 @@

Hi Andi, This patch series implements the Linux Xen guest as a paravirt_ops backend. The features in implemented this patch series are: * domU only * UP only (most code is SMP-safe, but there's no way to create a new vcpu) * writable pagetables, with late pinning/early unpinning (no shadow pagetable support) * supports both PAE and non-PAE modes * xen hvc console (console=hvc0) *

Hi Andi, This patch series implements the Linux Xen guest as a paravirt_ops backend. The features in implemented this patch series are: * domU only * UP only (most code is SMP-safe, but there's no way to create a new vcpu) * writable pagetables, with late pinning/early unpinning (no shadow pagetable support) * supports both PAE and non-PAE modes * xen hvc console (console=hvc0) *

Hi Andi, This patch series implements the Linux Xen guest as a paravirt_ops backend. The features in implemented this patch series are: * domU only * UP only (most code is SMP-safe, but there's no way to create a new vcpu) * writable pagetables, with late pinning/early unpinning (no shadow pagetable support) * supports both PAE and non-PAE modes * xen hvc console (console=hvc0) *

Hi Andi, This patch series implements the Linux Xen guest in terms of the paravirt-ops interface. The features in implemented this patch series are: * domU only * UP only (most code is SMP-safe, but there's no way to create a new vcpu) * writable pagetables, with late pinning/early unpinning (no shadow pagetable support) * supports both PAE and non-PAE modes * xen console * virtual

Hi Andi, This patch series implements the Linux Xen guest in terms of the paravirt-ops interface. The features in implemented this patch series are: * domU only * UP only (most code is SMP-safe, but there's no way to create a new vcpu) * writable pagetables, with late pinning/early unpinning (no shadow pagetable support) * supports both PAE and non-PAE modes * xen console * virtual

Hi Andi, This patch series implements the Linux Xen guest in terms of the paravirt-ops interface. The features in implemented this patch series are: * domU only * UP only (most code is SMP-safe, but there's no way to create a new vcpu) * writable pagetables, with late pinning/early unpinning (no shadow pagetable support) * supports both PAE and non-PAE modes * xen console * virtual