From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@linuxdriverproject.org,
olaf@aepfle.de, apw@canonical.com, jasowang@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/28] Drivers: hv: Update the Vmbus protocol
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:42:32 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130117194232.GA3427@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1354373160-31332-1-git-send-email-kys@microsoft.com>
On Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 06:46:00AM -0800, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> The current vmbus protocol supported in the vmbus driver for Linux is
> a version of the protocol that shipped with Windows Server 2008. Since
> then a lot of enhancements have been made in the protocol to
> specifically address performance and scalability of the communication
> infrastructure between the host and the guest.
> This patch-set brings our driver to the Win8 (Windows Server 2012) level.
> Furthermore, this code will dynamically negotiate the most efficient
> protocol that the host can support - the same code can be deployed on all
> supported hosts (WS2008, WS2008R2 and WS2012).
> Following are some of the key features implemented in this patch-set:
>
> 1. More efficient signaling protocol between the host and the guest
> 2. Distribution of interrupt load across available CPUs in the guest;
> currently all vmbus interrupts are delivered to the boot CPU (CPU 0)
> in the guest.
> 3. Per- channel interrupt binding (as part of item 2)
> 4. More efficient demultiplexing of incoming interrupts
> 5. Per-channel signaling mechanism for host to guest communication
Nice work, all now applied.
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-17 19:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-01 14:46 [PATCH 00/28] Drivers: hv: Update the Vmbus protocol K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 01/28] Drivers: hv: Implement routines for read side signaling optimization K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 02/28] Drivers: hv: Add state to manage batched reading K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 03/28] Drivers: hv: Turn off batched reading for util drivers K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 04/28] Drivers: hv: Optimize signaling in the read path K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 05/28] Drivers: hv: Optimize the signaling on the write path K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 06/28] Drivers: hv: Get rid of hv_get_ringbuffer_interrupt_mask() K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 07/28] Drivers: hv: Support handling multiple VMBUS versions K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 08/28] Drivers: hv: Update the ring buffer structure to match win8 functionality K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 09/28] Drivers: hv: Extend/modify vmbus_channel_offer_channel for win7 and beyond K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 10/28] Drivers: hv: Save and export negotiated vmbus version K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 11/28] Drivers: hv: Change the signature for hv_signal_event() K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 12/28] Drivers: hv: Change the signature of vmbus_set_event() K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 13/28] Drivers: hv: Move vmbus version definitions to hyperv.h K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 14/28] Drivers: hv: Manage signaling state on a per-connection basis K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 15/28] Drivers: hv: Cleanup vmbus_set_event() to support win7 and beyond K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 16/28] Drivers: hv: Setup a mapping for Hyper-V's notion cpu ID K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 17/28] Drivers: hv: Add state to manage incoming channel interrupt load K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 18/28] Drivers: hv: Modify the interrupt handling code to support win8 and beyond K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 19/28] Drivers: hv: Add code to distribute channel interrupt load K. Y. Srinivasan
2013-01-17 19:38 ` Greg KH
2013-01-17 21:28 ` KY Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 20/28] Drivers: hv: Get rid of the unused global signaling state K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 21/28] Drivers: hv: Get rid of unnecessary request for offers K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 22/28] Drivers: hv: Manage event tasklets on per-cpu basis K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 23/28] Drivers: hv: Handle vmbus interrupts concurrently on all cpus K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 24/28] Drivers: hv: Add a check to deal with spurious interrupts K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 25/28] Drivers: hv: Enable protocol negotiation with win8 hosts K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 26/28] Drivers: hv: Implement flow management on the send side K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 27/28] Drivers: hv: Capture the host build information K. Y. Srinivasan
2012-12-01 14:46 ` [PATCH 28/28] Drivers: hv: Cleanup and consolidate reporting of build/version info K. Y. Srinivasan
2013-01-17 19:42 ` Greg KH [this message]
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