Re: Xen 4.3 development update, 15 Oct

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>]

On 16/10/12 15:45, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>> * Multi-page net protocol (external)
>>    owner: ijc@citrix or annie.li@oracle
>>    status: Initial patches posted (by Wei Liu)
>>    expand the network ring protocol to allow multiple pages for
>>    increased throughput
> We are cleaning them up to get Ian's input. There are .. many things
> here for this TODO - there is the feature persistent grant which gives a big
> performance boost. Then there is the Wei Liu patches which need
> some rework (they were RFC). The persistent grant (which is what
> Annie is working on right now) nicely fit on top of Wei Liu's, but since
> they (the RFC patches - which split the netback into per-vif threads)
> are not yet ready - annie is looking to see if she can do some lookup
> using the old netback mechanism.
OK, so it sounds like you're actually giving an update on the persistent 
grants...?

  -George