On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 02:28:00PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote: > The virtio-serial ports are like pipes, if there's no reader on the > other end, sending data might get it either ignored or the host might > return '0', which would make guests get -EAGAIN. Since we know the state > of the host port connection, it's appropriate to let the application > know that the other end isn't connected. > > Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <[email protected]> > --- > drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 3 +++ > 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c > index 55de0b5..4562964 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c > +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c > @@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ static ssize_t send_buf(struct port *port, void *in_buf, > size_t in_count) > ssize_t ret; > unsigned int len; > > + if (use_multiport(port->portdev) && !port->host_connected) > + return -EPIPE; > +
Hmm, do applications actually handle this error? > out_vq = port->out_vq; > > sg_init_one(sg, in_buf, in_count); > -- > 1.6.2.5 _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
