Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] blkif: update persistent grants documentation

[David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/08/13 11:48, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> Update blkif protocol extensions documentation to reflect the new
> behaviour in Linux persistent grants implementation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monnà <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx>

David

> ---
>  xen/include/public/io/blkif.h |    6 ++++++
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h b/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
> index b9b9d98..27ae8b6 100644
> --- a/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
> +++ b/xen/include/public/io/blkif.h
> @@ -290,6 +290,12 @@
>   *      the previous protocol, a frontend driver can choose to work in
>   *      persistent mode even when the backend doesn't support it.
>   *
> + *      When the backend driver needs to unmap a persistent grant it should
> + *      do so prior to completing a request that used that grant reference.
> + *      If a persistent grant is unmapped at any other time, the frontend
> + *      driver may not notice and may be unable to reclaim the grant
> + *      reference.
> + *
>   *      It is recommended that the frontend driver stores the persistently
>   *      mapped grants in a LIFO queue, so a subset of all persistently mapped
>   *      grants gets used commonly. This is done in case the backend driver


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