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Subject: Re: [virtio-dev] [PATCH v3 0/2] virtio-fs: add virtio file system device
On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 12:46:11PM +0000, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote: > v3: > * Remove notifications virtqueue, it's unimplemented and can be added when > needed [Miklos] > * Add Security Considerations and Live Migration Considerations sections > [Michael] > v2: > * Clean up core virtio file system device spec > * Add DAX window > > These patches add the virtio file system device, which is based on Linux FUSE > but includes the DAX window extension. Similar to virtio-scsi, which > transports SCSI commands, virtio-fs transports FUSE requests and the protocol > documentation is not duplicated here. I think I prefer virtio-fuse as a name. Let's be a bit more specific: we might want to add more filesystem devices later on. > The DAX window allows file contents to be accessed directly from shared memory. > This eliminates copying of data, reduces the number of vmexits, and reduces the > guest's memory footprint. It also allows coherent mmap MAP_SHARED semantics > between guests on the same host. > > Stefan Hajnoczi (2): > content: add virtio file system device > virtio-fs: add DAX window > > content.tex | 3 + > introduction.tex | 3 + > virtio-fs.tex | 221 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 227 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 virtio-fs.tex > > -- > 2.20.1 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: virtio-dev-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: virtio-dev-help@lists.oasis-open.org
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