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    "date": "2021-07-16T07:24:31",
    "name": "[v5,0/5] vhost: handle memory hotplug for async vhost",
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        "From": "Cheng Jiang <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>",
        "To": "maxime.coquelin@redhat.com,\n\tChenbo.Xia@intel.com",
        "Cc": "dev@dpdk.org, jiayu.hu@intel.com, yvonnex.yang@intel.com,\n Cheng Jiang <cheng1.jiang@intel.com>",
        "Date": "Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:24:31 +0000",
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        "Subject": "[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/5] vhost: handle memory hotplug for async\n vhost",
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    "content": "When the guest memory is hotplugged, the vhost application which\nenables DMA acceleration must stop DMA transfers before the vhost\nre-maps the guest memory.\n\nThis patch set is to provide an unsafe API to drain in-flight pkts\nwhich are submitted to DMA engine in vhost async data path, and\nnotify the vhost application of stopping DMA transfers. And enable it\nin vhost example.\n\nv5:\n * added fixes in 'vhost: fix async vhost ops return type'\n * improved git log, variable names and logs\nv4:\n * rebased on the latest codess\nv3:\n * added a patch to fix async ops return type\n * fixed async ops fail handler\n * updated the doc\nv2:\n * changed the patch structure\n\nCheng Jiang (4):\n  vhost: fix async vhost ops return type\n  vhost: add unsafe API to drain pkts in async vhost\n  examples/vhost: handle memory hotplug for async vhost\n  doc: update doc for try drain API in vhost lib\n\nJiayu Hu (1):\n  vhost: handle memory hotplug for async vhost\n\n doc/guides/prog_guide/vhost_lib.rst    |   5 +\n doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_08.rst |   5 +\n examples/vhost/ioat.c                  |   4 +-\n examples/vhost/ioat.h                  |   4 +-\n examples/vhost/main.c                  |  48 +++++++-\n examples/vhost/main.h                  |   1 +\n lib/vhost/rte_vhost_async.h            |  32 +++++-\n lib/vhost/version.map                  |   3 +\n lib/vhost/vhost_user.c                 |   9 ++\n lib/vhost/virtio_net.c                 | 149 ++++++++++++++++++++-----\n 10 files changed, 220 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)\n\n--\n2.29.2"
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