[ovs-dev] [PATCH v8] netdev-dpdk: add dpdk vhost-cuse ports

[Pravin Shelar]

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor at intel.com> wrote:
> This patch adds support for a new port type to userspace datapath
> called dpdkvhost. This allows KVM (QEMU) to offload the servicing
> of virtio-net devices to its associated dpdkvhost port. Instructions
> for use are in INSTALL.DPDK.
>
> This has been tested on Intel multi-core platforms and with clients
> that have virtio-net interfaces.
>
>  ver 8:
>    - rebased with master
>  ver 7:
>    - rebased with master
>    - reworked INSTALL.DPDK and performed extra testing based on
>      review comments
>  ver 6:
>    - rebased with master
>    - modified to use DPDK v1.8.0 vhost library
>    - reworked for review comments
>  ver 5:
>    - rebased against latest master
>  ver 4:
>    - added eventfd_link.h and eventfd_link.c to EXTRA_DIST in
>  utilities/automake.mk
>    - rebased with master to work with DPDK 1.7 ver 3:
>    - rebased with master
>  ver 2:
>    - rebased with master
>
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <ciara.loftus at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <kevin.traynor at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Maryam Tahhan <maryam.tahhan at intel.com>


I cleanup patch, removed unnecessary locking changes, fixed few RCU
issues and applied the patch.

Thanks.