Acked-by: Raphael Norwitz <[email protected]>

On Wed, Aug 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This field is mostly unused and sometimes confusing (we even have
> a TODO-like comment to drop it). Let's finally do.
>
> The field is used to held VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES for vhost-user
> and/or VHOST_NET_F_VIRTIO_NET_HDR for vhost-net (which may be
> vhoust-user-net). But we can simply recalculte these two flags inplace
> from hdev->features, and from net-client for
> VHOST_NET_F_VIRTIO_NET_HDR.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <[email protected]>
> ---
>  hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c   |  1 -
>  hw/net/vhost_net.c          | 16 ++++++++--------
>  hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c        |  1 -
>  hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c   |  1 -
>  hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c        |  1 -
>  hw/virtio/vhost-user.c      | 19 +++++++++----------
>  hw/virtio/virtio-hmp-cmds.c |  2 --
>  hw/virtio/virtio-qmp.c      |  2 --
>  include/hw/virtio/vhost.h   |  7 -------
>  qapi/virtio.json            |  3 ---
>  10 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c b/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
> index c0cc5f6942..de7a810c93 100644
> --- a/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
> +++ b/hw/block/vhost-user-blk.c
> @@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ static int vhost_user_blk_connect(DeviceState *dev, Error 
> **errp)
>      s->dev.nvqs = s->num_queues;
>      s->dev.vqs = s->vhost_vqs;
>      s->dev.vq_index = 0;
> -    s->dev.backend_features = 0;
>
>      vhost_dev_set_config_notifier(&s->dev, &blk_ops);
>
> diff --git a/hw/net/vhost_net.c b/hw/net/vhost_net.c
> index 540492b37d..fcee279f0b 100644
> --- a/hw/net/vhost_net.c
> +++ b/hw/net/vhost_net.c
> @@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ int vhost_net_set_config(struct vhost_net *net, const 
> uint8_t *data,
>
>  void vhost_net_ack_features(struct vhost_net *net, uint64_t features)
>  {
> -    net->dev.acked_features = net->dev.backend_features;
> +    net->dev.acked_features =
> +        (qemu_has_vnet_hdr(net->nc) ? 0 : (1ULL << 
> VHOST_NET_F_VIRTIO_NET_HDR))
> +         | (net->dev.features & (1ULL << VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES));
> +
>      vhost_ack_features(&net->dev, net->feature_bits, features);
>  }
>
> @@ -256,12 +259,9 @@ struct vhost_net *vhost_net_init(VhostNetOptions 
> *options)
>          if (r < 0) {
>              goto fail;
>          }
> -        net->dev.backend_features = qemu_has_vnet_hdr(options->net_backend)
> -            ? 0 : (1ULL << VHOST_NET_F_VIRTIO_NET_HDR);
>          net->backend = r;
>          net->dev.protocol_features = 0;
>      } else {
> -        net->dev.backend_features = 0;
>          net->dev.protocol_features = 0;
>          net->backend = -1;
>
> @@ -281,10 +281,10 @@ struct vhost_net *vhost_net_init(VhostNetOptions 
> *options)
>                                 sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf))) {
>              net->dev.features &= ~(1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF);
>          }
> -        if (~net->dev.features & net->dev.backend_features) {
> -            fprintf(stderr, "vhost lacks feature mask 0x%" PRIx64
> -                   " for backend\n",
> -                   (uint64_t)(~net->dev.features & 
> net->dev.backend_features));
> +        if (!qemu_has_vnet_hdr(options->net_backend) &&
> +            (~net->dev.features & (1ULL << VHOST_NET_F_VIRTIO_NET_HDR))) {
> +            fprintf(stderr, "vhost lacks feature mask 0x%llx for backend\n",
> +                    ~net->dev.features & (1ULL << 
> VHOST_NET_F_VIRTIO_NET_HDR));
>              goto fail;
>          }
>      }
> diff --git a/hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c
> index cdf405b0f8..d694a25fe2 100644
> --- a/hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c
> +++ b/hw/scsi/vhost-scsi.c
> @@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ static void vhost_scsi_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error 
> **errp)
>      vqs = g_new0(struct vhost_virtqueue, vsc->dev.nvqs);
>      vsc->dev.vqs = vqs;
>      vsc->dev.vq_index = 0;
> -    vsc->dev.backend_features = 0;
>
>      ret = vhost_dev_init(&vsc->dev, (void *)(uintptr_t)vhostfd,
>                           VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_KERNEL, 0, errp);
> diff --git a/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
> index 25f2d894e7..0c80a271d8 100644
> --- a/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
> +++ b/hw/scsi/vhost-user-scsi.c
> @@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ static int vhost_user_scsi_connect(DeviceState *dev, 
> Error **errp)
>      vsc->dev.nvqs = VIRTIO_SCSI_VQ_NUM_FIXED + vs->conf.num_queues;
>      vsc->dev.vqs = s->vhost_vqs;
>      vsc->dev.vq_index = 0;
> -    vsc->dev.backend_features = 0;
>
>      ret = vhost_dev_init(&vsc->dev, &s->vhost_user, VHOST_BACKEND_TYPE_USER, 
> 0,
>                           errp);
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c b/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c
> index d1da40afc8..3c0eed3e8e 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/vdpa-dev.c
> @@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ static void vhost_vdpa_device_realize(DeviceState *dev, 
> Error **errp)
>      v->dev.vqs = vqs;
>      v->dev.vq_index = 0;
>      v->dev.vq_index_end = v->dev.nvqs;
> -    v->dev.backend_features = 0;
>      v->started = false;
>
>      ret = vhost_vdpa_get_iova_range(v->vhostfd, &iova_range);
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
> index 1b2879a90c..cf6f53801d 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-user.c
> @@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ static int vhost_user_set_vring_base(struct vhost_dev 
> *dev,
>
>  static bool vhost_user_set_vring_enable_supported(struct vhost_dev *dev)
>  {
> -    return virtio_has_feature(dev->backend_features,
> +    return virtio_has_feature(dev->features,
>                                VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES);
>  }
>
> @@ -1449,14 +1449,15 @@ static int vhost_user_set_features(struct vhost_dev 
> *dev,
>      int ret;
>
>      /*
> -     * We need to include any extra backend only feature bits that
> -     * might be needed by our device. Currently this includes the
> -     * VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES bit for enabling protocol
> -     * features.
> +     * Don't lose VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES, which is vhost-user
> +     * specific.
>       */
> -    ret = vhost_user_set_u64(dev, VHOST_USER_SET_FEATURES,
> -                              features | dev->backend_features,
> -                              log_enabled);
> +    if (virtio_has_feature(dev->features, VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES)) {
> +        features |= 1ULL << VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES;
> +    }
> +
> +    ret = vhost_user_set_u64(dev, VHOST_USER_SET_FEATURES, features,
> +                             log_enabled);
>
>      if (virtio_has_feature(dev->protocol_features,
>                             VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_STATUS)) {
> @@ -2187,8 +2188,6 @@ static int vhost_user_backend_init(struct vhost_dev 
> *dev, void *opaque,
>              (dev->config_ops && dev->config_ops->vhost_dev_config_notifier);
>          uint64_t protocol_features;
>
> -        dev->backend_features |= 1ULL << VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES;
> -
>          err = vhost_user_get_u64(dev, VHOST_USER_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES,
>                                   &protocol_features);
>          if (err < 0) {
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-hmp-cmds.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-hmp-cmds.c
> index 7d8677bcf0..024904915d 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/virtio-hmp-cmds.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-hmp-cmds.c
> @@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ void hmp_virtio_status(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
>          hmp_virtio_dump_features(mon, s->vhost_dev->features);
>          monitor_printf(mon, "    Acked features:\n");
>          hmp_virtio_dump_features(mon, s->vhost_dev->acked_features);
> -        monitor_printf(mon, "    Backend features:\n");
> -        hmp_virtio_dump_features(mon, s->vhost_dev->backend_features);
>          monitor_printf(mon, "    Protocol features:\n");
>          hmp_virtio_dump_protocols(mon, s->vhost_dev->protocol_features);
>      }
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-qmp.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-qmp.c
> index 3b6377cf0d..e514a4797e 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/virtio-qmp.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-qmp.c
> @@ -788,8 +788,6 @@ VirtioStatus *qmp_x_query_virtio_status(const char *path, 
> Error **errp)
>              qmp_decode_features(vdev->device_id, hdev->features);
>          status->vhost_dev->acked_features =
>              qmp_decode_features(vdev->device_id, hdev->acked_features);
> -        status->vhost_dev->backend_features =
> -            qmp_decode_features(vdev->device_id, hdev->backend_features);
>          status->vhost_dev->protocol_features =
>              qmp_decode_protocols(hdev->protocol_features);
>          status->vhost_dev->max_queues = hdev->max_queues;
> diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h b/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
> index 66be6afc88..9f9dd2d46d 100644
> --- a/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
> +++ b/include/hw/virtio/vhost.h
> @@ -100,16 +100,9 @@ struct vhost_dev {
>       *
>       * @features: available features provided by the backend
>       * @acked_features: final negotiated features with front-end driver
> -     *
> -     * @backend_features: this is used in a couple of places to either
> -     * store VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES to apply to
> -     * VHOST_USER_SET_FEATURES or VHOST_NET_F_VIRTIO_NET_HDR. Its
> -     * future use should be discouraged and the variable retired as
> -     * its easy to confuse with the VirtIO backend_features.
>       */
>      uint64_t features;
>      uint64_t acked_features;
> -    uint64_t backend_features;
>
>      /**
>       * @protocol_features: is the vhost-user only feature set by
> diff --git a/qapi/virtio.json b/qapi/virtio.json
> index 9d652fe4a8..0aae77340d 100644
> --- a/qapi/virtio.json
> +++ b/qapi/virtio.json
> @@ -85,8 +85,6 @@
>  #
>  # @acked-features: vhost_dev acked_features
>  #
> -# @backend-features: vhost_dev backend_features
> -#
>  # @protocol-features: vhost_dev protocol_features
>  #
>  # @max-queues: vhost_dev max_queues
> @@ -106,7 +104,6 @@
>              'vq-index': 'int',
>              'features': 'VirtioDeviceFeatures',
>              'acked-features': 'VirtioDeviceFeatures',
> -            'backend-features': 'VirtioDeviceFeatures',
>              'protocol-features': 'VhostDeviceProtocols',
>              'max-queues': 'uint64',
>              'backend-cap': 'uint64',
> --
> 2.48.1
>
>

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