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Subject[PATCH 0/2] 9p/trans_virtio: handle request cancellation
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The 9p protocol mostly relies on a request/reply dialog between the
client and the server. A notable exception to this rule is request
cancellation (ie, flush in 9p wording): when the client requests an
in-flight request to be flushed, the server should only reply to the
flush request and not to the flushed in-flight request (otherwise it
considers the in-flight request to have completed just like it has
never been flushed).

It is up to the client to inform the transport that the in-flight request
has been flushed and won't receive a reply. This is achieved with the
'cancelled' operation of the struct p9_trans_module.

This operation isn't currently implemented with the virtio transport.
As a consequence, flushed requests leave buffers in the used list
forever and the virtqueue ends up in being able to process only one
request at a time.

This issue never popped up because the 9p server in QEMU had a bug
and would always reply to flushed requests. But this will be fixed
soon, so it is time to implement the 'cancelled' operation in the
9p virtio transport.

--
Greg

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Greg Kurz (2):
virtio: allow to detach a buffer from the virtqueue
9p/trans_virtio: implement cancelled callback


drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/virtio.h | 1 +
net/9p/trans_virtio.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 47 insertions(+)

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