"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > virtio spec 0.9.X requires DRIVER_OK to be set before > VQs are used, but some drivers use VQs before probe > function returns. > Since DRIVER_OK is set after probe, this violates the spec. > > Even though under virtio 1.0 transitional devices support this > behaviour, we want to make it possible for those early callers to become > spec compliant and eventually support non-transitional devices. > > Add API for drivers to call before using VQs. > > Sets DRIVER_OK internally. > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx> OK, this all looks good, but I think we should do two things: 1) rename virtio_enable_vqs_early() to virtio_device_ready(). 2) Add a BUG_ON in the virtio_ring code to make sure device is ready before any ops are called. Cheers, Rusty. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
