netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] vhost: Add a new parameter in vhost

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Message-ID: <CACGkMEt9c+KPuLTUA4YG84_ejo00NC8MH3LMXcTz6pXxABRNYQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 10:18:21 +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 v5 1/6] vhost: Add a new parameter in vhost_dev to allow
 user select kthread

On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 8:45 PM 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
> support for the kthread API.
>
> Introduce a new parameter to enable users to choose between kthread and
> task mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@...hat.com>
> ---

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

Thanks