[PATCH v4 00/16] xenguest optimisations

[Frediano Ziglio <freddy77@xxxxxxxxx>]

From: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.ziglio@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reduce some number of parts passed to writev.
Avoid possible allocation sending data with writev.
Reduce number of allocations sending memory state.

Implement and use new Xen and Linux kernel ABI to copy foreign memory.
This new ABI allows to replace theexpensive  map/copy/unmap sequence
with a single call.

Changes since v1:
- add commit to cache up to 4 pages in hypercall;
- add other 2 commits reducing chunks passed to write/writev.

Changes since v2:
- update patches commit prefixes;
- add other 2 optisations.

Changes since v3:
- address some comments;
- add patches for foreign copy optimisation.

Edwin Török (3):
  libs/guest: allocate various migration arrays just once
  libs/call: cache up to 4 pages in hypercall bounce buffers
  PoC: libs/guest: use foreign copy during migration

Frediano Ziglio (12):
  libs/guest: Reduce number of parts in write_split_record
  libs/guest: Reduce number of I/O vectors in write_batch
  libs/guest: Reduce number of I/O vectors in write_batch
  libs/guest: Use a single write_exact in write_headers
  libs/guest: avoids using 2 indexes
  libs/guest: fill directly iov structure
  libs/ctrl: Allows writev_exact to change iov array
  libs/guest: add xg_foreignmemory_copy_{from,to}
  xen: implement new foreign copy hypercall
  privcmd: Add definition for new Linux privcmd to access new Xen
    hypercall
  libs/guest: use new hypercall if available
  libs/guest: finalize PoC

 public-abi/memory.h                   |  40 ++++-
 tools/include/xen-sys/Linux/privcmd.h |  10 ++
 tools/libs/call/buffer.c              |  28 ++--
 tools/libs/call/core.c                |   3 +-
 tools/libs/call/private.h             |   8 +-
 tools/libs/ctrl/xc_private.c          |  26 +--
 tools/libs/ctrl/xc_private.h          |   2 +-
 tools/libs/guest/xg_sr_common.c       |  95 ++++++++++-
 tools/libs/guest/xg_sr_common.h       |  21 +++
 tools/libs/guest/xg_sr_restore.c      | 100 ++++++------
 tools/libs/guest/xg_sr_save.c         | 225 +++++++++++---------------
 xen/common/memory.c                   | 133 +++++++++++++++
 xen/include/public/memory.h           |  40 ++++-
 13 files changed, 512 insertions(+), 219 deletions(-)

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