netdev - Re: [PATCH vhost 0/2] virtio_net: fix for stuck when change ring size with dev down

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Message-ID: <1660267838.1945586-1-xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:30:38 +0800
From:   Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH vhost 0/2] virtio_net: fix for stuck when change ring size with dev down

On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:37:30 -0700, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2022 04:11:22 -0400 Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > Which patches does this fix?
> > Maybe I should squash.
>
> Side question to make sure I understand the terminology - this
> is *not* a vhost patch, right? vhost is the host side of virtio?
> Is the work going via the vhost tree because of some dependencies?


Yes, the commits fixed by this patch are currently in Michael's vhost branch.

  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost.git/log/?h=linux-next

So I mean that by "vhost" here, not into the net/net-next branch. Or should I use
a more accurate term next time?

Thanks.