From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
To: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, kvm-devel <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [RFC] Replace posix-aio with custom thread pool
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:12:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4942C5C1.9080107@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081212182634.GQ6809@random.random>
Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:17:58PM -0600, Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> You assume that anything using bdrv_aio_readv/writev will be going through
>> a DMA API. This isn't a safe assumption.
>
> Well it's obviously a safe assumption right now... ;)
Well, the xen block backend in my xen patch queue calls bdrv_* directly
right now. Dunno whenever it is possible/useful to fit the grant table
stuff into the upcoming dma api somehow.
cheers,
Gerd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-12 20:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-05 21:21 [RFC] Replace posix-aio with custom thread pool Anthony Liguori
2008-12-05 21:21 ` [Qemu-devel] " Anthony Liguori
2008-12-06 9:03 ` Blue Swirl
2008-12-06 18:26 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-12-08 18:23 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-08 18:23 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-09 15:51 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-12-09 16:01 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-10 16:44 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-10 17:21 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-10 17:21 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-10 17:29 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-12-10 18:50 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-10 19:08 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-10 19:08 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-11 13:12 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-11 15:24 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-12-11 15:24 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-12-11 15:53 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-11 15:53 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-11 16:11 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-12-11 16:11 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-12-11 16:49 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-11 16:49 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-11 17:20 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-12-11 17:20 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-12-11 18:11 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-11 18:11 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-11 20:38 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-12-11 20:38 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-12-11 20:40 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 8:23 ` Jens Axboe
2008-12-12 8:23 ` Jens Axboe
2008-12-12 11:51 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 11:51 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 11:54 ` Jens Axboe
2008-12-12 11:54 ` Jens Axboe
2008-12-12 14:13 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 14:13 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 14:24 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 14:24 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 16:33 ` Chris Wright
2008-12-12 16:33 ` Chris Wright
2008-12-12 16:51 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 16:51 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 16:52 ` Chris Wright
2008-12-12 16:52 ` Chris Wright
2008-12-11 21:32 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-12-12 0:27 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 0:27 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-11 21:30 ` Christoph Hellwig
2008-12-11 16:41 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-11 16:41 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 14:24 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 14:24 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 14:35 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 14:35 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 15:44 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 15:44 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 16:49 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 16:49 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 17:09 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 17:09 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 17:25 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 17:25 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 17:52 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 17:52 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 18:17 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 18:17 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 18:26 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2008-12-12 20:12 ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
2008-12-12 20:17 ` Anthony Liguori
2008-12-12 20:35 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2008-12-09 17:16 ` Avi Kivity
2008-12-17 14:44 ` Ian Jackson
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