Re: [PATCH v6 5/7] xen/9pfs: send requests to the backend

From: Juergen Gross
Date: Wed Mar 22 2017 - 15:10:25 EST


On 22/03/17 20:03, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Implement struct p9_trans_module create and close functions by looking
> at the available Xen 9pfs frontend-backend connections. We don't expect
> many frontend-backend connections, thus walking a list is OK.
>
> Send requests to the backend by copying each request to one of the
> available rings (each frontend-backend connection comes with multiple
> rings). Handle the ring and notifications following the 9pfs
> specification. If there are not enough free bytes on the ring for the
> request, wait on the wait_queue: the backend will send a notification
> after consuming more requests.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: groug@xxxxxxxx
> CC: jgross@xxxxxxxx
> CC: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Ron Minnich <rminnich@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: v9fs-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>


Juergen