Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] vhost: accelerate metadata access

From: David Miller
Date: Thu May 30 2019 - 14:11:13 EST


From: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 04:12:12 -0400

> This series tries to access virtqueue metadata through kernel virtual
> address instead of copy_user() friends since they had too much
> overheads like checks, spec barriers or even hardware feature
> toggling like SMAP. This is done through setup kernel address through
> direct mapping and co-opreate VM management with MMU notifiers.
>
> Test shows about 23% improvement on TX PPS. TCP_STREAM doesn't see
> obvious improvement.

I'm still waiting for some review from mst.

If I don't see any review soon I will just wipe these changes from
patchwork as it serves no purpose to just let them rot there.

Thank you.