Re: [virtio-dev] [RFC] content: tweak VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 08:40:55PM +0200, Halil Pasic wrote:
> 
> 
> On 06/25/2018 07:42 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 06:07:17PM +0200, Halil Pasic wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 06/25/2018 02:24 PM, Tiwei Bie wrote:
> > > > VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER was proposed recently to allow
> [..]
> > > > +  \item[VIRTIO_F_REAL_DEVICE(36)] This feature indicates
> > > > +  that the device doesn't allow the driver to assume the
> > > > +  device is implemented in software and runs on host CPU.
> > > > +  When devices are implemented in software and run on host
> > > > +  CPU, some optimizations can be done in drivers and yield
> > > 
> > > s/optimizations/optimization/ ?
> > 
> > Why?
> > 
> 
> My spell-checker complains but after searching the internet it
> 'optimizations' seems like a legit plural. However
> https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/optimization
> does state 'mass noun' (that is uncountable) but then there
> is an example with countable :S. English is not my strong
> side.
> 
> Regards,
> Halil


It's like e.g. coffee.

So "some optimization" means "a little".

"Some optimizations" means "not all".

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MST