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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/interop/vhost-user.txt')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt b/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt index c058c407df..534caab18a 100644 --- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt +++ b/docs/interop/vhost-user.txt @@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ Protocol features #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CROSS_ENDIAN 6 #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CRYPTO_SESSION 7 #define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_PAGEFAULT 8 +#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIG 9 Master message types -------------------- @@ -664,7 +665,8 @@ Master message types Master payload: virtio device config space Slave payload: virtio device config space - Submitted by the vhost-user master to fetch the contents of the virtio + When VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIG is negotiated, this message is + submitted by the vhost-user master to fetch the contents of the virtio device configuration space, vhost-user slave's payload size MUST match master's request, vhost-user slave uses zero length of payload to indicate an error to vhost-user master. The vhost-user master may @@ -677,7 +679,8 @@ Master message types Master payload: virtio device config space Slave payload: N/A - Submitted by the vhost-user master when the Guest changes the virtio + When VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIG is negotiated, this message is + submitted by the vhost-user master when the Guest changes the virtio device configuration space and also can be used for live migration on the destination host. The vhost-user slave must check the flags field, and slaves MUST NOT accept SET_CONFIG for read-only @@ -766,13 +769,13 @@ Slave message types Slave payload: N/A Master payload: N/A - Vhost-user slave sends such messages to notify that the virtio device's - configuration space has changed, for those host devices which can support - such feature, host driver can send VHOST_USER_GET_CONFIG message to slave - to get the latest content. If VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK is - negotiated, and slave set the VHOST_USER_NEED_REPLY flag, master must - respond with zero when operation is successfully completed, or non-zero - otherwise. + When VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIG is negotiated, vhost-user slave sends + such messages to notify that the virtio device's configuration space has + changed, for those host devices which can support such feature, host + driver can send VHOST_USER_GET_CONFIG message to slave to get the latest + content. If VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK is negotiated, and slave set + the VHOST_USER_NEED_REPLY flag, master must respond with zero when + operation is successfully completed, or non-zero otherwise. VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK: ------------------------------- |