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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v7 0/7] Xen transport for 9pfs frontend driver



On Mon, 10 Apr 2017, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 05/04/17 21:03, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > This patch series implements a new transport for 9pfs, aimed at Xen
> > systems.
> > 
> > The transport is based on a traditional Xen frontend and backend drivers
> > pair. This patch series implements the frontend, which typically runs in
> > a regular unprivileged guest.
> > 
> > I also sent a series that implements the backend in userspace in QEMU,
> > which typically runs in Dom0 (but could also run in a another guest).
> > 
> > The frontend complies to the Xen transport for 9pfs specification
> > version 1, available here:
> > 
> > https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable/misc/9pfs.html
> > 
> > 
> > The new Xen ring macros pulled in Linux in the first patch of the series
> > have been committed upstream in Xen, so there is nothing holding back
> > this series any longer. It could be considered for 4.12 or 4.13. It
> > should probably go via the Xen tree.
> > 
> > 
> > Changes in v7:
> > - merging the final version of the macros (Xen upstream commit
> >   f000908276382e1c0a3de359f9bbc7ba83999119)
> > - fixup argument ordering of the ring/write_packet macros callers
> > 
> > Changes in v6:
> > - add reviewd-bys
> > - fix error paths
> > - make p9_xen_write_todo return bool
> > 
> > Changes in v5:
> > - test priv->tag instead of ret
> > - run checkpatch.pl against the whole series, fix all issues
> > - set intf->ring_order appropriately
> > - use shorter link to 9pfs spec
> > 
> > Changes in v4:
> > - code style improvements
> > - use xenbus_read_unsigned when possible
> > - do not leak "versions"
> > - introduce BUILD_BUG_ON
> > - introduce rwlock to protect the xen_9pfs_devs list
> > - add review-by
> > 
> > Changes in v3:
> > - add full copyright header to trans_xen.c
> > - rename ring->ring to ring->data
> > - handle gnttab_grant_foreign_access errors
> > - remove ring->bytes
> > - wrap long lines
> > - add reviewed-by
> > 
> > Changes in v2:
> > - use XEN_PAGE_SHIFT instead of PAGE_SHIFT
> > - remove unnecessary initializations
> > - fix error paths
> > - fix memory allocations for 64K kernels
> > - simplify p9_xen_create and p9_xen_close
> > - use virt_XXX barriers
> > - set status = REQ_STATUS_ERROR inside the p9_xen_response loop
> > - add in-code comments
> > 
> > 
> > Stefano Stabellini (7):
> >       xen: import new ring macros in ring.h
> >       xen: introduce the header file for the Xen 9pfs transport protocol
> >       xen/9pfs: introduce Xen 9pfs transport driver
> >       xen/9pfs: connect to the backend
> >       xen/9pfs: send requests to the backend
> >       xen/9pfs: receive responses
> >       xen/9pfs: build 9pfs Xen transport driver
> > 
> >  include/xen/interface/io/9pfs.h |  36 +++
> >  include/xen/interface/io/ring.h | 143 +++++++++++
> >  net/9p/Kconfig                  |   8 +
> >  net/9p/Makefile                 |   4 +
> >  net/9p/trans_xen.c              | 545 
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  5 files changed, 736 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 include/xen/interface/io/9pfs.h
> >  create mode 100644 net/9p/trans_xen.c
> 
> Series committed to xen/tip for-linus-4.12

Thank you!

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