Re: [PATCH v3] virtio-net: Fix probe of virtio-net on kvmtool

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Mon Mar 06 2023 - 13:13:52 EST


On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 04:53:58 -0500 Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > yes what we do work according to code. So the documentation is wrong then?
> >
> > It's definitely incomplete but which part are you saying is wrong?
>
> So it says:
> 2. netdev->features set contains features which are currently enabled
> for a device.
>
> ok so far.
> But this part:
>
> This should be changed only by network core or in
> error paths of ndo_set_features callback.
>
> seems to say virtio should not touch netdev->features, no?

Oh, I see, yes. We should add a mention of ndo_fix_features there,
and perhaps "see Part II for more information"?.

The sentence reads like someone was trying to make sure drivers don't
silently change features without calling netdev_update_features().