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Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] [PATCH v2] VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER: use I/O barriers in driver
On Fri, May 04, 2018 at 10:44:36AM +0800, Tiwei Bie wrote: > There will be hardware virtio devices in the future, which > require drivers to use the barriers suitable for I/O devices, > compared with software virtio devices which just require > drivers to use the barriers suitable for CPU cores. > > To fix the ordering issue for hardware virtio devices, add > a new feature: VIRTIO_F_IO_BARRIER. When negotiated, driver > will use the barriers suitable for I/O devices. > > Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@intel.com> > --- > v1 -> v2: > - Rebase to the latest spec (MST); > - Use a smaller textwidth (according to _vimrc); > > RFC -> v1: > - Use plural (Stefan); > - Add more details (Stefan); > > content.tex | 16 ++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
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