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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, hpa@zytor.com,
	gregory.haskins@gmail.com, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@voltaire.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] vhost_net: a kernel-level virtio server
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:10:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200908201710.31723.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090820144256.GB8338@redhat.com>

On Thursday 20 August 2009, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> 
> > The errors from the socket (or chardev, as that was the
> > start of the argument) should still fit into the categories
> > that I mentioned, either they can be handled by the host
> > kernel, or they are fatal.
> 
> Hmm, are you sure? Imagine a device going away while socket is bound to
> it.  You get -ENXIO. It's not fatal in a sense that you can bind the
> socket to another device and go on, right?

Right. Not fatal in that sense, but fatal in the sense that I
can no longer transmit other frames until you recover. I think
we both meant the same here.

	Arnd <><

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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, hpa@zytor.com,
	gregory.haskins@gmail.com, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@voltaire.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] vhost_net: a kernel-level virtio server
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:10:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200908201710.31723.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090820144256.GB8338@redhat.com>

On Thursday 20 August 2009, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> 
> > The errors from the socket (or chardev, as that was the
> > start of the argument) should still fit into the categories
> > that I mentioned, either they can be handled by the host
> > kernel, or they are fatal.
> 
> Hmm, are you sure? Imagine a device going away while socket is bound to
> it.  You get -ENXIO. It's not fatal in a sense that you can bind the
> socket to another device and go on, right?

Right. Not fatal in that sense, but fatal in the sense that I
can no longer transmit other frames until you recover. I think
we both meant the same here.

	Arnd <><

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-08-20 15:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <cover.1250187913.git.mst@redhat.com>
2009-08-13 18:29 ` [PATCHv3 1/2] mm: export use_mm/unuse_mm to modules Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-13 18:29   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-13 18:29   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-13 18:29 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-13 18:29 ` [PATCHv3 2/2] vhost_net: a kernel-level virtio server Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-13 18:29 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-13 18:29   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-13 18:29   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-14 11:40   ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-14 11:40   ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-14 11:40     ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-16  6:51     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-16  6:51       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-19  9:04       ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-19  9:04       ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-19  9:04         ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-19 13:04         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-19 13:04           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-19 13:46           ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-19 13:46             ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-19 14:20             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-19 14:20               ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-19 15:27               ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-19 15:27               ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-19 15:27                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-20  8:31                 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-20  8:31                 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-20  8:31                   ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-20 13:10                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-20 13:10                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-20 13:38                     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-20 13:38                       ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-20 14:31                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-20 14:31                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-20 14:31                         ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-20 14:42                         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-20 14:42                           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-20 15:10                           ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-20 15:10                           ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2009-08-20 15:10                             ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-20 14:42                         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-21 13:20                       ` Gleb Natapov
2009-08-21 13:20                       ` Gleb Natapov
2009-08-21 13:20                         ` Gleb Natapov
2009-08-20 13:38                     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-20 13:10                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-19 14:20             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-19 13:46           ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-08-19 13:04         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2009-08-16  6:51     ` Michael S. Tsirkin

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