On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:32:18PM +0100, Eugenio Perez Martin wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 12:31 PM Eugenio Perez Martin > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 05, 2025 at 10:02:48AM +0100, Eugenio Perez Martin wrote: > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM Eugenio Perez Martin > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 03:37:09PM +0100, Eugenio Perez Martin > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM Michael S. Tsirkin > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 02:55:18PM +0200, Eugenio Perez Martin > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM Michael S. Tsirkin > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2025 at 12:50:53PM +0200, Eugenio Perez > > > > > > > > > > Martin wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Let me switch to MQ as I think it illustrates the point > > > > > > > > > > > better. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > IIUC the workflow: > > > > > > > > > > > a) virtio-net sends MQ_VQ_PAIRS_SET 2 to the device > > > > > > > > > > > b) VDUSE CVQ sends ok to the virtio-net driver > > > > > > > > > > > c) VDUSE CVQ sends the command to the VDUSE device > > > > > > > > > > > d) Now the virtio-net driver sends virtio-net sends > > > > > > > > > > > MQ_VQ_PAIRS_SET 1 > > > > > > > > > > > e) VDUSE CVQ sends ok to the virtio-net driver > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The device didn't process the MQ_VQ_PAIRS_SET 1 command > > > > > > > > > > > at this point, > > > > > > > > > > > so it potentially uses the second rx queue. But, by the > > > > > > > > > > > standard: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The device MUST NOT queue packets on receive queues > > > > > > > > > > > greater than > > > > > > > > > > > virtqueue_pairs once it has placed the > > > > > > > > > > > VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ_VQ_PAIRS_SET > > > > > > > > > > > command in a used buffer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So the driver does not expect rx buffers on that queue at > > > > > > > > > > > all. From > > > > > > > > > > > the driver's POV, the device is invalid, and it could > > > > > > > > > > > mark it as > > > > > > > > > > > broken. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ok intresting. Note that if userspace processes vqs it > > > > > > > > > > should process > > > > > > > > > > cvq too. I don't know what to do in this case yet, I'm > > > > > > > > > > going on > > > > > > > > > > vacation, let me ponder this a bit. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sure. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So let me ask you this, how are you going to handle device > > > > > > > > reset? > > > > > > > > Same issue, it seems to me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well my proposal is to mark it as broken so it needs to be reset > > > > > > > manually. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Heh but guest assumes after reset device does not poke at guest > > > > > > memory, and will free up and reuse that memory. > > > > > > If userspace still pokes at it -> plus plus ungood. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't get this part. Once the device is reset, the device should not > > > > > poke at guest memory (unless it is malicious or similar). Why would it > > > > > do it? > > > > > > > > Friendly ping. > > > > > > > > > > > > OK I thought about it a bunch. A lot of net drivers actually > > > just queue ethtool commands and finish them asynchronously. > > > Thinkably virtio could expose an API on whether it is safe to > > > wait for buffers to be used. virtio-net would then either > > > send commands directly or do the asynchronous thing. > > > Hmm? > > > > > > > I think it's the best solution too, yes. The series [1] implements for > > set_rx_mode. We can do it for all the CVQ commands and then whitelist > > them in VDUSE code. Am I missing something? Does anyone foresee any > > command that will not be possible to convert? > > > > Adding the [1] link... > > [1] > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/
what's the status of that one?
