Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] vsock/virtio: Extend virtio-vsock spec with an "order" field

2024-05-23 Thread Stefano Garzarella
As Alyssa suggested, we should discuss spec changes in the virtio ML. BTW as long as this is an RFC, it's fine. Just be sure, though, to remember to merge the change in the specification first versus the patches in Linux. So I recommend that you don't send a non-RFC set into Linux until you hav

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] vsock/virtio: Extend virtio-vsock spec with an "order" field

2024-05-23 Thread Alyssa Ross
(CCing virtio-comment, since this proposes adding a field to a struct that is standardized[1] in the VIRTIO spec, so changes to the Linux implementation should presumably be coordinated with changes to the spec.) [1]: https://docs.oasis-open.org/virtio/virtio/v1.3/csd01/virtio-v1.3-csd01.html#x1-

[RFC PATCH 1/5] vsock/virtio: Extend virtio-vsock spec with an "order" field

2024-05-17 Thread Xuewei Niu
The "order" field determines the location of the device in the linked list, the device with CID 4, having a smallest order, is in the first place, and so forth. Rules: * It doesn’t have to be continuous; * It cannot exist conflicts; * It is optional for the mode of a single device, but is require