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Message-ID: <CACGkMEuYQ7PXUtoyUOVyL7TY1wRZUhiTRfDnQw+gwE_yLvbtvQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 14:02:18 +0800
From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>,
Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>, Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@...hat.com>,
virtualization@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: document ENOSPC
On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> drivers handle ENOSPC specially since it's an error one can
> get from a working VQ. Document the semantics.
>
> Reported-by: Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> ---
> drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> index b784aab66867..97ab0cce527d 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> @@ -2296,6 +2296,10 @@ static inline int virtqueue_add(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> * at the same time (except where noted).
> *
> * Returns zero or a negative error (ie. ENOSPC, ENOMEM, EIO).
> + *
> + * NB: ENOSPC is a special code that is only returned on an attempt to add a
> + * buffer to a full VQ. It indicates that some buffers are outstanding and that
> + * the operation can be retried after some buffers have been used.
> */
> int virtqueue_add_sgs(struct virtqueue *_vq,
> struct scatterlist *sgs[],
> --
> MST
>
Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Thanks
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