Re: [PATCH RFC 3/4] vsock/virtio: change the maximum packet size allowed

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Mon Apr 08 2019 - 10:57:50 EST


On Mon, Apr 08, 2019 at 04:55:31PM +0200, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> > Anyway, any change to this behavior requires compatibility so new guest
> > drivers work with old vhost_vsock.ko. Therefore we should probably just
> > leave the limit for now.
>
> I understood your point of view and I completely agree with you.
> But, until we don't have a way to expose features/versions between guest
> and host,

Why not use the standard virtio feature negotiation mechanism for this?

> maybe is better to leave the limit in order to be compatible
> with old vhost_vsock.

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