From: Mike Christie <michael.christie@oracle.com>
To: Cindy Lu <lulu@redhat.com>,
jasowang@redhat.com, mst@redhat.com, sgarzare@redhat.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/6] vhost: Add support of kthread API
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:30:25 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <80dbac94-95b0-41d1-a089-b91a17b90b3c@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241230124445.1850997-1-lulu@redhat.com>
On 12/30/24 6:43 AM, Cindy Lu wrote:
> In commit 6e890c5d5021 ("vhost: use vhost_tasks for worker threads"),
> the vhost now uses vhost_task and operates as a child of the
> owner thread. This aligns with containerization principles.
> However, this change has caused confusion for some legacy
> userspace applications. Therefore, we are reintroducing
> support for the kthread API.
>
> In this series, a new UAPI is implemented to allow
> userspace applications to configure their thread mode.
>
Tested the patches with a hacked up QEMU that can toggle the
inherit owner bit so I could test both modes.
Tested-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@oracle.com>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-01-22 21:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-12-30 12:43 Cindy Lu
2024-12-30 12:43 ` [PATCH v5 1/6] vhost: Add a new parameter in vhost_dev to allow user select kthread Cindy Lu
2025-01-02 2:18 ` Jason Wang
2024-12-30 12:43 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] vhost: Add the vhost_worker to support kthread Cindy Lu
2025-01-02 3:19 ` Jason Wang
2025-01-08 2:59 ` Cindy Lu
2024-12-30 12:43 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] vhost: Add the cgroup related function Cindy Lu
2025-01-02 3:29 ` Jason Wang
2025-01-08 2:57 ` Cindy Lu
2025-01-08 7:39 ` Jason Wang
2024-12-30 12:43 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] vhost: Add worker related functions to support kthread Cindy Lu
2025-01-02 3:33 ` Jason Wang
2025-01-08 2:52 ` Cindy Lu
2025-01-08 14:35 ` Stefano Garzarella
2025-01-13 2:31 ` Cindy Lu
2024-12-30 12:43 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] vhost: Add new UAPI to support change to task mode Cindy Lu
2025-01-02 3:36 ` Jason Wang
2025-01-08 2:51 ` Cindy Lu
2025-01-08 12:20 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-01-08 12:15 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2024-12-30 12:43 ` [PATCH v5 6/6] vhost_scsi: Add check for inherit_owner status Cindy Lu
2025-01-22 20:18 ` Mike Christie
2025-01-03 1:49 ` [PATCH v5 0/6] vhost: Add support of kthread API Lei Yang
2025-01-08 12:23 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-01-13 2:32 ` Cindy Lu
2025-01-22 21:30 ` Mike Christie [this message]
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