Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] virtio-spec: clarify ro/rw bits and updating rule of virtio-net status field | Date | Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:10:52 +1030 |
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On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:48:05 +0200, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 09:35:18PM +1030, Rusty Russell wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:20:21 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> wrote: > > > This patch clarifies VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP as a read-only bit and > > > VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE as a read-writable bit. Also introduce the write 1 to > > > clear semantics for all read-writable bits of config status field. This could > > > help to reduce the config status field updating race between host and guest and > > > also simplify the implementation. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> > > > > This approach assumes an active config field, which neither lguest nor > > S/390 have. > > > > Thanks, > > Rusty. > > What does 'active' mean in this context?
It means you are assuming that writes to the config field trap to the host.
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