Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH 3/6] netback: switch to NAPI + kthread model

[David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 13/01/12 16:59, Wei Liu wrote:
> This patch implements 1:1 model netback. We utilizes NAPI and kthread
> to do the weight-lifting job:
> 
>   - NAPI is used for guest side TX (host side RX)
>   - kthread is used for guest side RX (host side TX)
> 
> This model provides better scheduling fairness among vifs. It also
> lays the foundation for future work.
> 
> The major defect for the current implementation is that in the NAPI
> poll handler we don't actually disable interrupt. Xen stuff is
> different from real hardware, it requires some other tuning of ring
> macros.

RING_FINAL_CHECK_FOR_REQUESTS() looks it does the correct thing to me.

David
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