[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vchost: Notify application of ownership change

[Ouyang, Changchun]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Jan Kiszka
> Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2015 1:21 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] vchost: Notify application of ownership change

Vchost should be vhost in the title

> 
> On VHOST_*_RESET_OWNER, we reinitialize the device but without telling
> the application. That will cause crashes when it continues to invoke vhost
> services on the device. Fix it by calling the destruction hook if the device is
> still in use.
What's your qemu version?
Any validation work on this patch?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka at siemens.com>
> ---
> 
> This is the surprisingly simple answer to my questions in
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.networking.dpdk.devel/22661.
> 
>  lib/librte_vhost/virtio-net.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio-net.c b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio-net.c index
> b520ec5..3c5b5b2 100644
> --- a/lib/librte_vhost/virtio-net.c
> +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/virtio-net.c
> @@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ reset_owner(struct vhost_device_ctx ctx)
> 
>  	ll_dev = get_config_ll_entry(ctx);
> 
> +	if ((ll_dev->dev.flags & VIRTIO_DEV_RUNNING))
> +		notify_ops->destroy_device(&ll_dev->dev);
> +

I am not sure whether destroy_device here will affect the second time init_device(below) and new_device(after the reset) or not.
Need validation.

>  	cleanup_device(&ll_dev->dev);
>  	init_device(&ll_dev->dev);
> 
> --
> 2.1.4