[PATCH v4 0/2] virtio_console: fix replug of virtio console port

[Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@redhat.com>]

This patch series fixes the issue with unplug/replug of a port in virtio
console driver which fails with an error "Error allocating inbufs\n".

Patch 1 updates the next avail index for packed ring code.
Patch 2 makes use of 'virtqueue_detach_unused_buf' function to detach
the unused buffers during port hotunplug time.

Tested the packed ring code with the qemu virtio 1.1 device code posted
here [1]. Also, sent a patch to document the behavior in virtio spec as
suggested by Michael.

Changes from v3
- Swap patch 1 with patch 2  - [Michael]
- Added acked-by tag by Jason in patch 1
- Add reference to spec change
Changes from v2
- Better change log in patch2 - [Greg]
Changes from v1[2]
- Make virtio packed ring code compatible with split ring - [Michael]

[1]  https://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=156471883703948&w=2
[2]  https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/3/4/517
[3]  https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-dev/201908/msg00055.html

Pankaj Gupta (2):
  virtio: decrement avail idx with buffer detach for packed ring
  virtio_console: free unused buffers with port delete

 char/virtio_console.c |   14 +++++++++++---
 virtio/virtio_ring.c  |    6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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