linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 1/4] vhost: Add a new parameter in vhost

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Message-ID: <CACGkMEsR-t1j3d3Hh7FkHDWrjCRoyB17JxCwiN8Fqkh-zJiyVw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 11:25:40 +0800
From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To: Cindy Lu <lulu@...hat.com>
Cc: mst@...hat.com, michael.christie@...cle.com, sgarzare@...hat.com, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, 
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/4] vhost: Add a new parameter in vhost_dev to allow
 user select kthread

On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM Cindy Lu <lulu@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> The vhost now uses vhost_task and workers as a child of the owner thread.
> While this aligns with containerization principles, it confuses some
> legacy userspace applications, therefore, we are reintroducing kthread
> API support.
>
> Introduce a new parameter to enable users to choose between kthread and
> task mode.
>
> By default, this parameter is set to true, so the default behavior
> remains unchanged by this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>

Thanks