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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/16 v6] PCI: Linux kernel SR-IOV support
Avi Kivity wrote:
> Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> I don't think it's established that PV/VF will have less latency than
>> using virtio-net. virtio-net requires a world switch to send a group
>> of packets. The cost of this (if it stays in kernel) is only a few
>> thousand cycles on the most modern processors.
>>
>> Using VT-d means that for every DMA fetch that misses in the IOTLB,
>> you potentially have to do four memory fetches to main memory. There
>> will be additional packet latency using VT-d compared to native, it's
>> just not known how much at this time.
>
> If the IOTLB has intermediate TLB entries like the processor, we're
> talking just one or two fetches. That's a lot less than the cacheline
> bouncing that virtio and kvm interrupt injection incur right now.
>

The PCI SIG Address Translation Service (ATS) specifies a way that uses
an Address Translation Cache (ATC) in the Endpoint to reduce the latency.

The Linux kernel support for ATS capability will come soon.

Thanks,
Yu


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