linux/drivers/block
Linus Torvalds f0691533b7 virtio/vhost: new features, performance improvements, cleanups
This adds basic polling support for vhost.
 Reworks virtio to optionally use DMA API, fixing it on Xen.
 Balloon stats gained a new entry.
 Using the new napi_alloc_skb speeds up virtio net.
 virtio blk stats can now be read while another VCPU
 us busy inflating or deflating the balloon.
 Plus misc cleanups in various places.
 
 Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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Merge tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost

Pull virtio/vhost updates from Michael Tsirkin:
 "New features, performance improvements, cleanups:

   - basic polling support for vhost
   - rework virtio to optionally use DMA API, fixing it on Xen
   - balloon stats gained a new entry
   - using the new napi_alloc_skb speeds up virtio net
   - virtio blk stats can now be read while another VCPU is busy
     inflating or deflating the balloon

  plus misc cleanups in various places"

* tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost:
  virtio_net: replace netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() with napi_alloc_skb()
  vhost_net: basic polling support
  vhost: introduce vhost_vq_avail_empty()
  vhost: introduce vhost_has_work()
  virtio_balloon: Allow to resize and update the balloon stats in parallel
  virtio_balloon: Use a workqueue instead of "vballoon" kthread
  virtio/s390: size of SET_IND payload
  virtio/s390: use dev_to_virtio
  vhost: rename vhost_init_used()
  vhost: rename cross-endian helpers
  virtio_blk: VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE->VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH
  vring: Use the DMA API on Xen
  virtio_pci: Use the DMA API if enabled
  virtio_mmio: Use the DMA API if enabled
  virtio: Add improved queue allocation API
  virtio_ring: Support DMA APIs
  vring: Introduce vring_use_dma_api()
  s390/dma: Allow per device dma ops
  alpha/dma: use common noop dma ops
  dma: Provide simple noop dma ops
2016-03-20 13:28:18 -07:00
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aoe mm: introduce page reference manipulation functions 2016-03-17 15:09:34 -07:00
drbd drbd: Use shash and ahash 2016-01-27 20:36:08 +08:00
mtip32xx mtip32xx: remove unneeded variable in mtip_cmd_timeout() 2016-03-04 08:15:48 -07:00
paride paride: make 'verbose' parameter an 'int' again 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
rsxx rsxx: don't open-code memdup_user() 2016-01-06 08:25:24 -05:00
xen-blkback xen/blback: Fit the important information of the thread in 17 characters 2016-03-03 14:45:54 -07:00
zram zram: don't call idr_remove() from zram_remove() 2016-01-15 17:56:32 -08:00
amiflop.c block: drop owner assignment from platform_drivers 2014-10-20 16:20:18 +02:00
ataflop.c Merge branch 'for-3.16/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block into next 2014-06-02 09:29:34 -07:00
brd.c brd: Fix discard request processing 2016-03-15 14:10:29 -07:00
cciss_cmd.h
cciss_scsi.c scsi: Do not set cmd_per_lun to 1 in the host template 2015-05-31 18:06:28 -07:00
cciss_scsi.h
cciss.c SCSI misc on 20160113 2016-01-13 19:37:36 -08:00
cciss.h
cryptoloop.c block: cryptoloop - Use new skcipher interface 2016-01-27 20:35:43 +08:00
DAC960.c block: use pci_zalloc_consistent 2014-08-08 15:57:28 -07:00
DAC960.h
floppy.c floppy: refactor open() flags handling 2016-02-06 23:00:22 +01:00
hd.c block: hd: remove deprecated IRQF_DISABLED 2014-10-01 08:16:07 -06:00
Kconfig cpqarray: remove it from the kernel 2016-03-14 09:06:01 -06:00
loop.c Merge branch 'for-4.4/core' into for-4.4/drivers 2015-10-09 10:40:29 -06:00
loop.h block: loop: support DIO & AIO 2015-09-23 11:01:16 -06:00
Makefile drivers:block: cpqarray clean up 2016-03-15 15:59:47 -07:00
mg_disk.c block: drop owner assignment from platform_drivers 2014-10-20 16:20:18 +02:00
nbd.c nbd: use correct div_s64 helper 2016-03-04 17:20:12 -07:00
null_blk.c null_blk: oops when initializing without lightnvm 2016-02-11 08:56:09 -07:00
osdblk.c mm, page_alloc: distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
pktcdvd.c Merge branch 'for-4.4/io-poll' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2015-11-10 17:23:49 -08:00
ps3disk.c block: Kill bio_segments()/bi_vcnt usage 2013-11-23 22:33:51 -08:00
ps3vram.c block: change ->make_request_fn() and users to return a queue cookie 2015-11-07 10:40:46 -07:00
rbd_types.h
rbd.c rbd: delete an unnecessary check before rbd_dev_destroy() 2016-01-21 19:36:07 +01:00
skd_main.c block: have drivers use blk_queue_max_discard_sectors() 2015-07-17 08:41:53 -06:00
skd_s1120.h skd: fix formatting in skd_s1120.h 2013-11-08 09:10:30 -07:00
smart1,2.h
sunvdc.c sunvdc: reconnect ldc after vds service domain restarts 2014-12-11 18:52:45 -08:00
swim3.c powerpc: Move Power Macintosh drivers to generic byteswappers 2015-03-23 14:29:40 +11:00
swim_asm.S
swim.c block: drop owner assignment from platform_drivers 2014-10-20 16:20:18 +02:00
sx8.c sx8: use real time for the command seconds 2015-12-23 08:42:59 -07:00
umem.c block: change ->make_request_fn() and users to return a queue cookie 2015-11-07 10:40:46 -07:00
umem.h
virtio_blk.c virtio_blk: VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE->VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH 2016-03-02 17:01:59 +02:00
xen-blkfront.c Merge branch 'for-4.6/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2016-03-18 17:13:31 -07:00
xsysace.c block: systemace: Remove .owner field for driver 2014-08-21 20:37:54 -05:00
z2ram.c block: remove struct request buffer member 2014-04-15 14:03:02 -06:00