[PATCH 2/2] virtio: fix vq # when vq skipped

David Hildenbrand david at redhat.com
Tue Jul 9 20:11:43 PDT 2024


On 05.07.24 12:09, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> virtio balloon communicates to the core that in some
> configurations vq #s are non-contiguous by setting name
> pointer to NULL.
> 
> Unfortunately, core then turned around and just made them
> contiguous again. Result is that driver is out of spec.
> 
> Implement what the API was supposed to do
> in the 1st place. Compatibility with buggy hypervisors
> is handled inside virtio-balloon, which is the only driver
> making use of this facility, so far.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david at redhat.com>

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb




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