Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] xen/9pfs: send requests to the backend

From: Boris Ostrovsky
Date: Thu Mar 09 2017 - 10:49:09 EST


On 03/08/2017 06:58 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Implement struct p9_trans_module create and close functions by looking
> at the available Xen 9pfs frontend-backend connections. We don't expect
> many frontend-backend connections, thus walking a list is OK.
>
> Send requests to the backend by copying each request to one of the
> available rings (each frontend-backend connection comes with multiple
> rings). Handle the ring and notifications following the 9pfs
> specification. If there are not enough free bytes on the ring for the
> request, wait on the wait_queue: the backend will send a notification
> after consuming more requests.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx
> CC: jgross@xxxxxxxx
> CC: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Ron Minnich <rminnich@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: v9fs-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>