linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add vhost

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Date:   Fri, 2 Nov 2018 16:38:19 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Vitaly Mayatskih <v.mayatskih@...il.com>
Cc:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Add vhost_blk driver

On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 03:24:13PM -0400, Vitaly Mayatskih wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 2:36 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
> > > +     if (type == VIRTIO_BLK_T_GET_ID) {
> > > +             char s[] = "vhost_blk";
> >
> > Isn't this supposed to return the serial #?
> 
> Yes, that gets a bit tricky here... Disk serial number is specified in
> QEMU command line parameters, so it needs to be passed to vhost_blk
> when qemu attaches the disk backend. That can be done (now? in a
> following incremental patch?).

I'add an ioctl now.

> Also other vhost work does the same with GET_ID, if that's matter.
> 
> I'll fix the rest, thanks for review!
> 
> -- 
> wbr, Vitaly