Re: [PATCH vhost v4 02/15] vdpa: Add VHOST_BACKEND_F_CHANGEABLE_VQ_ADDR_IN_SUSPEND flag

From: Jason Wang
Date: Tue Dec 19 2023 - 23:06:14 EST


On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 11:46 AM Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 2:09 AM Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > The virtio spec doesn't allow changing virtqueue addresses after
> > DRIVER_OK. Some devices do support this operation when the device is
> > suspended. The VHOST_BACKEND_F_CHANGEABLE_VQ_ADDR_IN_SUSPEND flag
> > advertises this support as a backend features.
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> There's an ongoing effort in virtio spec to introduce the suspend state.
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> So I wonder if it's better to just allow such behaviour?

Actually I mean, allow drivers to modify the parameters during suspend
without a new feature.

Thanks

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> Thanks
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