From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: jasowang@redhat.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mst@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next V7 PATCH] virtio-net: send gratuitous packets when needed
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:38:04 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120413.133804.1504347944886702242.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120412064351.23243.84912.stgit@amd-6168-8-1.englab.nay.redhat.com>
From: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:43:52 +0800
> As hypervior does not have the knowledge of guest network configuration, it's
> better to ask guest to send gratuitous packets when needed.
>
> This patch implements VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE feature: hypervisor would
> notice the guest when it thinks it's time for guest to announce the link
> presnece. Guest tests VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE bit during config change interrupt
> and woule send gratuitous packets through netif_notify_peers() and ack the
> notification through ctrl vq.
>
> We need to make sure the atomicy of read and ack in guest otherwise we may ack
> more times than being notified. This is done through handling the whole config
> change interrupt in an non-reentrant workqueue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Michael, Rusty, et al.?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-13 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-12 6:43 Jason Wang
2012-04-13 17:38 ` David Miller [this message]
2012-04-15 7:12 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-04-15 7:20 ` David Miller
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