Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory

From	Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory
Date	2017-04-24 18:20 +0200
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On 24/04/17 01:36 AM, Knut Omang wrote:
> My first reflex when reading this thread was to think that this whole domain
> lends it self excellently to testing via Qemu. Could it be that doing this in 
> the opposite direction might be a safer approach in the long run even though 
> (significant) more work up-front?

That's an interesting idea. We did do some very limited testing on qemu
with one iteration of our work. However, it's difficult because there is
no support for any RDMA devices which are a part of our primary use
case. I also imagine it would be quite difficult to develop those models
given the array of hardware that needs to be supported and the deep
functional knowledge required to figure out appropriate restrictions.

Logan

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Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-04-12 08:30 +0200
  Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-04-12 19:20 +0200
    Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-04-13 00:00 +0200
      Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-04-13 23:30 +0200
        Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-04-14 00:40 +0200
        Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> - 2017-04-14 01:30 +0200
          Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> - 2017-04-14 06:20 +0200
            Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-04-14 06:50 +0200
              Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@au1.ibm.com> - 2017-04-14 13:50 +0200
              Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-04-14 15:00 +0200
            Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-04-14 13:40 +0200
              Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-04-14 19:40 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> - 2017-04-14 21:10 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-04-15 00:10 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-04-15 19:50 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2017-04-16 00:10 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-04-16 05:10 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-04-16 06:50 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2017-04-16 18:00 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-04-16 18:40 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-04-17 01:00 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Knut Omang <knut.omang@oracle.com> - 2017-04-24 09:40 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-04-24 18:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Knut Omang <knut.omang@oracle.com> - 2017-04-25 08:40 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-04-25 19:10 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory "Stephen  Bates" <sbates@raithlin.com> - 2017-04-25 23:30 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory "Stephen  Bates" <sbates@raithlin.com> - 2017-04-25 23:30 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-04-17 00:30 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> - 2017-04-16 00:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC 0/8] Copy Offload with Peer-to-Peer PCI Memory Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> - 2017-04-16 07:40 +0200

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