Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/3] selftests/ptr_ring: add benchmark application for ptr_ring

[Yunsheng Lin]

On 2021/7/2 16:30, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 04:17:17PM +0800, Yunsheng Lin wrote:
>>> Let's reuse ptr_ring.c in tools/virtio/ringtest. Nothing virt specific there.
>>
>> It *does* have some virtio specific at the end of ptr_ring.c.
>> It can be argued that the ptr_ring.c in tools/virtio/ringtest
>> could be refactored to remove the function related to virtio.
>>
>> But as mentioned in the previous disscusion [1], the tools/virtio/
>> seems to have compile error in the latest kernel, it does not seems
>> right to reuse that.
>> And most of testcase in tools/virtio/ seems
>> better be in tools/virtio/ringtest instead，so until the testcase
>> in tools/virtio/ is compile-error-free and moved to tools/testing/
>> selftests/, it seems better not to reuse it for now.
> 
> 
> That's a great reason to reuse - so tools/virtio/ stays working.
> Please just fix that.

I understand that you guys like to see a working testcase of virtio.
I would love to do that if I have the time and knowledge of virtio,
But I do not think I have the time and I am familiar enough with
virtio to fix that now.


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