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* [RFC PATCH] New Xen netback implementation
@ 2012-01-13 16:59 Wei Liu
  2012-01-13 16:59 ` [RFC PATCH 1/6] netback: page pool version 1 Wei Liu
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  0 siblings, 6 replies; 23+ messages in thread
From: Wei Liu @ 2012-01-13 16:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ian.campbell, konrad.wilk, xen-devel, netdev

A new netback implementation which includes three major features:

 - Global page pool support
 - NAPI + kthread 1:1 model
 - Netback internal name changes

This patch series is the foundation of furture work. So it is better
to get it right first. Patch 1 and 3 have the real meat.

The first benifit of 1:1 model will be scheduling fairness.

The rational behind a global page pool is that we need to limit
overall RAM consumed by all vifs.

Utilization of NAPI enables the possibility to mitigate
interrupts/events, but this is not yet done.

Netback internal changes cleans up the code structure after switching
to 1:1 model. It also prepares netback for further code layout
changes.


---
 drivers/net/xen-netback/Makefile    |    2 +-
 drivers/net/xen-netback/common.h    |   94 +++--
 drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c |  115 ++++--
 drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c   |  743 +++++++++++------------------------
 drivers/net/xen-netback/page_pool.c |  183 +++++++++
 drivers/net/xen-netback/page_pool.h |   61 +++
 drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c    |    6 +-
 7 files changed, 620 insertions(+), 584 deletions(-)

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2012-01-13 16:59 [RFC PATCH] New Xen netback implementation Wei Liu
2012-01-13 16:59 ` [RFC PATCH 1/6] netback: page pool version 1 Wei Liu
2012-01-13 17:37   ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2012-01-16  9:31     ` Wei Liu
2012-01-13 16:59 ` [RFC PATCH 2/6] netback: add module unload function Wei Liu
2012-01-13 17:57   ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2012-01-16  9:31     ` Wei Liu
2012-01-13 18:47   ` David Vrabel
2012-01-13 16:59 ` [RFC PATCH 3/6] netback: switch to NAPI + kthread model Wei Liu
2012-01-13 18:21   ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2012-01-16  9:33     ` Wei Liu
2012-01-16 10:45       ` Ian Campbell
2012-01-16 10:49         ` Wei Liu
2012-01-16 10:56         ` Paul Durrant
2012-01-16 11:09           ` Ian Campbell
2012-01-16 11:46             ` David Vrabel
2012-01-16 10:14   ` Paul Durrant
2012-01-16 10:31     ` Ian Campbell
2012-01-13 16:59 ` [RFC PATCH 4/6] netback: add module get/put operations along with vif connect/disconnect Wei Liu
2012-01-13 18:44   ` [Xen-devel] " David Vrabel
2012-01-16  9:43     ` Wei Liu
2012-01-13 16:59 ` [RFC PATCH 5/6] netback: melt xen_netbk into xenvif Wei Liu
2012-01-13 16:59 ` [RFC PATCH 6/6] netback: alter internal function/structure names Wei Liu

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