Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Jul 2020 13:25:33 +0300 | From | Eli Cohen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH vhost next 06/10] vdpa: Add means to communicate vq status on get_vq_state |
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On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 05:35:18PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > > On 2020/7/16 下午4:21, Eli Cohen wrote: > >On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 04:11:00PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > >>On 2020/7/16 下午3:23, Eli Cohen wrote: > >>>Currently, get_vq_state() is used only to pass the available index value > >>>of a vq. Extend the struct to return status on the VQ to the caller. > >>>For now, define VQ_STATE_NOT_READY. In the future it will be extended to > >>>include other infomration. > >>> > >>>Modify current vdpa driver to update this field. > >>> > >>>Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit<parav@mellanox.com> > >>>Signed-off-by: Eli Cohen<eli@mellanox.com> > >>What's the difference between this and get_vq_ready()? > >> > >>Thanks > >> > >There is no difference. It is just a way to communicate a problem to > >with the state of the VQ back to the caller. This is not available now. > >I think an asynchronous is preferred but that is not available > >currently. > > > I still don't see the reason, maybe you can give me an example? > >
My intention was to provide a mechainsm to return meaningful information on the state of the vq. For example, when you fail to get the state of the VQ.
Maybe I could just change the prototype of the function to return int and the driver could put an error if it has trouble returning the vq state.
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