Re: [RFC V2 PATCH] virtio-spec: ack the announce notification through ctrl_vq

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On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:05:01 +0800, Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> During link announcement, driver needs a method to notify device that it has
> received the notification and let it clear the VIRITO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE bit in the
> status field. Doing this through a dedicated command looks suitable for all
> platforms (especially for the ones who don't trap the status read or write) with
> a ctrl vq and can solve the race between host and guest.
> 
> So this patch makes VIRTIO_NET_F_ANNOUNCE depends on VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ and
> introduces a dedicated command VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_ANNOUNCE_ACK to let device clear
> the VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE bit in the status field.

Applied, thanks!

Cheers,
Rusty.
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