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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 2/9] vringh: remove vringh_iov and unite to vringh_kiov
2022年12月27日(火) 16:05 Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>:
>
> On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 02:04:03PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 10:25 AM Shunsuke Mie <mie@igel.co.jp> wrote:
> > >
> > > struct vringh_iov is defined to hold userland addresses. However, to use
> > > common function, __vring_iov, finally the vringh_iov converts to the
> > > vringh_kiov with simple cast. It includes compile time check code to make
> > > sure it can be cast correctly.
> > >
> > > To simplify the code, this patch removes the struct vringh_iov and unifies
> > > APIs to struct vringh_kiov.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Shunsuke Mie <mie@igel.co.jp>
> >
> > While at this, I wonder if we need to go further, that is, switch to
> > using an iov iterator instead of a vringh customized one.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Possibly, but when doing changes like this one needs to be careful
> to avoid breaking all the inlining tricks vringh relies on for
> performance.
Definitely, I'm evaluating the performance using vringh_test. I'll add a
result of the evaluation. But, If there are other evaluation methods, could you
please tell me?
> --
> MST
>

Best,
Shunsuke

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