netdev - Re: [PATCH net V2] vhost: rewind next_avail

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Message-ID: <20251126012023-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 01:27:48 -0500
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, eperezma@...hat.com,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux.dev,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net V2] vhost: rewind next_avail_head while discarding
 descriptors

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 02:18:25PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:29:50 +0800 Jason Wang wrote:
> > > Subject: [PATCH net V2] vhost: rewind next_avail_head while discarding descriptors
> >
> > >  drivers/vhost/net.c   | 53 ++++++++++++++++++------------
> > >  drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> > >  drivers/vhost/vhost.h | 10 +++++-
> >
> > Hm, is this targeting net because Michael is not planning any more PRs
> > for the 6.18 season?
> 
> Basically because it touches vhost-net. I need inputs for which tree
> we should go for this and future modifications that touch both vhost
> core and vhost-net.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> >


Well this change is mostly net, vhost changes are just moving code
around.  net tree gets more testing and more eyes looking at it, so it's
good for such cases.

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MST