netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 0/3] vsock/virtio: enable VQs early on probe and finish the setup before using them

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Date:   Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:22:02 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Arseny Krasnov <arseny.krasnov@...persky.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Asias He <asias@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 0/3] vsock/virtio: enable VQs early on probe and
 finish the setup before using them

On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 09:49:51AM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> The first patch fixes a virtio-spec violation. The other two patches
> complete the driver configuration before using the VQs in the probe.
> 
> The patch order should simplify backporting in stable branches.

Ok but I think the order is wrong. It should be 2-3-1,
otherwise bisect can pick just 1 and it will have
the issues previous reviw pointed out.



> v2:
> - patch 1 is not changed from v1
> - added 2 patches to complete the driver configuration before using the
>   VQs in the probe [MST]
> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20220322103823.83411-1-sgarzare@redhat.com/
> 
> Stefano Garzarella (3):
>   vsock/virtio: enable VQs early on probe
>   vsock/virtio: initialize vdev->priv before using VQs
>   vsock/virtio: read the negotiated features before using VQs
> 
>  net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.35.1