[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/5] vhost: handle memory hotplug for async vhost
Xia, Chenbo
chenbo.xia at intel.com
Fri Jul 23 10:03:07 CEST 2021
Hi Thomas,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2021 3:40 PM
> To: maxime.coquelin at redhat.com; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia at intel.com>
> Cc: Jiang, Cheng1 <cheng1.jiang at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu
> <jiayu.hu at intel.com>; Yang, YvonneX <yvonnex.yang at intel.com>;
> david.marchand at redhat.com; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/5] vhost: handle memory hotplug for async
> vhost
>
> 23/07/2021 09:34, Xia, Chenbo:
> > From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > > 23/07/2021 07:06, Xia, Chenbo:
> > > > From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > > > > 22/07/2021 07:07, Xia, Chenbo:
> > > > > > From: Jiang, Cheng1 <cheng1.jiang at intel.com>
> > > > > > > When the guest memory is hotplugged, the vhost application which
> > > > > > > enables DMA acceleration must stop DMA transfers before the vhost
> > > > > > > re-maps the guest memory.
> > > > > > >
[...]
> > > Read the comment at the beginning of the section, it explains
> > > how things must be sorted:
> > >
> > > Suggested order in release notes items:
> > > * Core libs (EAL, mempool, ring, mbuf, buses)
> > > * Device abstraction libs and PMDs (ordered alphabetically by vendor
> name)
> > > - ethdev (lib, PMDs)
> > > - cryptodev (lib, PMDs)
> > > - eventdev (lib, PMDs)
> > > - etc
> > > * Other libs
> > > * Apps, Examples, Tools (if significant)
> > >
> > > vhost is usually at the end of ethdev PMDs.
> >
> > Oops.. I should notice it..
I want to make clear for this. The release note is a vhost lib update which belongs
to '* Other libs '. Since there're no app/example/tool change, it just happens to be
the last item..
Thanks,
Chenbo
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