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Subject: [PATCH 2/2] introduction: clarify what is separated from what
it's a bit vague: says descriptors where it means indices and input/output where it means device to driver/driver to device, but this seems good for brevity. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> --- introduction.tex | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/introduction.tex b/introduction.tex index b93934f..cf2fdac 100644 --- a/introduction.tex +++ b/introduction.tex @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ inter-guest communication) requires copying. } Efficient: Virtio devices consist of rings of descriptors - for both input and output, which are neatly separated to avoid cache + for both input and output. Input rings are are neatly separated + from output rings to avoid cache effects from both driver and device writing to the same cache lines. -- MST
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