linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] virtio-console: spec compliance fixes

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Date:   Sun, 6 May 2018 19:56:40 +0200
From:   Amit Shah <amitshah@....net>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     Amit Shah <amit@...tshah.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Amit Shah <amit@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@...el.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] virtio-console: spec compliance fixes

On (Thu) 03 May 2018 [22:28:32], Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Thu, May 03, 2018 at 05:45:29AM +0200, Amit Shah wrote:
> > (apologies if you received a dup)
> > 
> > On (Tue) 24 Apr 2018 [21:41:29], Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 09:17:59PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > > Turns out virtio console tries to take a buffer out of an active vq.
> > > > Works by sheer luck, and is explicitly forbidden by spec.  And while
> > > > going over it I saw that error handling is also broken -
> > > > failure is easy to trigger if I force allocations to fail.
> > > > 
> > > > Lightly tested.
> > > 
> > > Amit - any feedback before I push these patches?
> > 
> > The changes look good spec-wise.
> > 
> > There are a bunch of tests in avocado-vt that test virtio-console
> > functionality.  Can you give those a try before pushing?
> > 
> > 		Amit
> 
> I pushed before I did that test, will try to find the time later.  BTW
> do you still want to be on the maintainers list?

Yes, I want to be on the maintainers list; but won't mind
co-maintainers.  The recent changes seem to be spec-related, and I'd
expect you to have a good handle on that anyway.

		Amit
-- 
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