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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 10/15] virtio: add API to enable VQs early
On Mon, 6 Oct 2014 18:11:16 +0300
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> wrote:

> virtio spec 0.9.X requires DRIVER_OK to be set before
> VQs are used, but some drivers use VQs before probe
> function returns.
> Since DRIVER_OK is set after probe, this violates the spec.
>
> Even though under virtio 1.0 transitional devices support this
> behaviour, we want to make it possible for those early callers to become
> spec compliant and eventually support non-transitional devices.
>
> Add API for drivers to call before using VQs.
>
> Sets DRIVER_OK internally.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> ---
> include/linux/virtio_config.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>



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