[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/4] add virtio offload support in us-vhost

[Yuanhan Liu]

Hi Thomas,

Do you have comments on this patch set? The former version has actually
got my ACK. If no objections, I will (or ask Jijiang to) make a rebase
and fix the commit log and send another version out.

	--yliu


On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 01:21:16PM +0800, Jijiang Liu wrote:
> Adds virtio offload support in us-vhost.
>  
> The patch set adds the feature negotiation of checksum and TSO between us-vhost and vanilla Linux virtio guest, and add these offload features support in the vhost lib, and change vhost sample to test them.
> 
> In short, this patch set supports the followings,
>  
>  1. DPDK vhost CSUM & TSO for VM2NIC case
> 
>  2. CSUM and TSO support between legacy virtio-net and DPDK vhost for VM2VM and NIC2VM cases.
>  
> v6 change:
>   Rebase latest codes.
> 
> v5 changes:
>   Add more clear descriptions to explain these changes.
>   reset the 'virtio_net_hdr' value in the virtio_enqueue_offload() function.
>   reorganize patches. 
>   
>  
> v4 change:
>   remove virtio-net change, only keep vhost changes.
>   add guest TX offload capabilities to support VM to VM case.
>   split the cleanup code as a separate patch.
>  
> v3 change:
>   rebase latest codes.
>  
> v2 change:
>   fill virtio device information for TX offloads.
> 
> *** BLURB HERE ***
> 
> Jijiang Liu (4):
>   add vhost offload capabilities
>   remove ipv4_hdr structure from vhost sample.
>   add guest offload setting ln the vhost lib.
>   change vhost application to test checksum and TSO for VM to NIC case
> 
>  examples/vhost/main.c         |  120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  lib/librte_vhost/vhost_rxtx.c |  150 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  lib/librte_vhost/virtio-net.c |    9 ++-
>  3 files changed, 259 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
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> 1.7.7.6