From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] virtio-blk: Add bio-based IO path for virtio-blk Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:13:49 +0300 Message-ID: <20120618101349.GC23134@redhat.com> References: <1340002390-3950-1-git-send-email-asias@redhat.com> <1340002390-3950-4-git-send-email-asias@redhat.com> <87hau9yse7.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> <4FDEE0CB.1030505@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4FDEE0CB.1030505@redhat.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org To: Asias He Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, Christoph Hellwig List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 04:03:23PM +0800, Asias He wrote: > On 06/18/2012 03:46 PM, Rusty Russell wrote: > >On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:53:10 +0800, Asias He wrote: > >>This patch introduces bio-based IO path for virtio-blk. > > > >Why make it optional? > > request-based IO path is useful for users who do not want to bypass > the IO scheduler in guest kernel, e.g. users using spinning disk. > For users using fast disk device, e.g. SSD device, they can use > bio-based IO path. OK I guess but then it should be per-device. There could be a mix of slow and fast disks :) > -- > Asias >