On 04/06/2018 06:14, Liu, Changpeng wrote: >>> But I believe the specification says VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT means direction, so >>> OR the two bits together should compliance with the specification. >> I cannot find that in the specification: >> >> http://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.0/cs04/virtio-v1.0-cs04.html#x1- >> 2020002 >> >> and it would contradict the "The type of the request is either ... or >> ..." wording that I quoted from the spec above. >> >> If you do find something in the spec, please let me know and we can >> figure out how to make the spec consistent. > > I saw comments from file linux/usr/include/uapi/linux/virtio_blk.h, which says > VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT may be combined with other commands and means direction, > the specification does not have such description. I don't think it is in the specification indeed (however, 11 and 13 were chosen so that VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT can still indicate direction). Paolo _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization