This looks like an error case, but it's just a special case to shutdown the backend. Clarify with a comment. Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/vhost/net.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c index 22d5fef..cc92086 100644 --- a/drivers/vhost/net.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c @@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ static struct socket *get_tun_socket(int fd) static struct socket *get_socket(int fd) { struct socket *sock; + /* special case to disable backend */ if (fd == -1) return NULL; sock = get_raw_socket(fd); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html