From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from ws5-mx01.kavi.com (ws5-mx01.kavi.com [34.193.7.191]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1EE3DC25B47 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:20:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.oasis-open.org (oasis.ws5.connectedcommunity.org [10.110.1.242]) by ws5-mx01.kavi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73BAF2A8DD for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:20:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.oasis-open.org (oasis-open.org [10.110.1.242]) by lists.oasis-open.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FED59869EF for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:20:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from host09.ws5.connectedcommunity.org (host09.ws5.connectedcommunity.org [10.110.1.97]) by lists.oasis-open.org (Postfix) with QMQP id 3F3DA9869E3; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:20:34 +0000 (UTC) Mailing-List: contact virtio-comment-help@lists.oasis-open.org; run by ezmlm List-ID: Sender: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Received: from lists.oasis-open.org (oasis-open.org [10.110.1.242]) by lists.oasis-open.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A9059869E4 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:19:51 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at kavi.com X-MC-Unique: MCiDUIvTNVO9sWHLbFNRpQ-1 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1698229188; x=1698833988; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=J9GOp4AqdUV9GGxGOl+e18EPmOxmNKLbPAssIv9m/lg=; b=nXPAnar0+7zorSR0UqFw2ejJNKZPBq8sWpgUPWQJ601XtfMPe4Eu6BM5nqDjxziMQP bqCg1hI0m7Vx9muTRaUBqCok+hWqGymaTeSXIAj2gfIOHP4TxxZDbMSpjNQJHk9lAgfq KwPYrwToykZcOECGPdcWLpAIjbLgYXKcL4fQxedxH6KZW4n1rWv6egQOG/6rv468ROIR VJhWku59XpjplRBk3gcHYUEt7Xz/Urn6ojgdJo0frqTvmeFsJB59++pvjBATO1OtF0Xn 9BxHkuENriKhA3MQ2WSUwbNG7V2x+giPEIDxlXzwthbCK/k5xyG+8LkWWUq4MpRQVSeg Oo4Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwPeSdzLMg5cBMZ2DWZru70X+eHIXiOcBmyQ8+KdpguB08qXDVc 7rsxHBNXo6Loqvb9mKQNBBbEk/0cgvQbuGfxt5NTorhFwRd8c195PjncgybVqSHj+hT4qIPudoN FIwCTzElzhRu8qAChISzcugX1wbbZ/cxPvw== X-Received: by 2002:adf:f78b:0:b0:32d:a6f5:a511 with SMTP id q11-20020adff78b000000b0032da6f5a511mr9328089wrp.13.1698229187923; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 03:19:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGaJLSk+AYIyGghy/KalBgaXRsk/3HIzQs6fkrl27LxdArRDFsuXcyoYBlIwTgk9svOIrmhOg== X-Received: by 2002:adf:f78b:0:b0:32d:a6f5:a511 with SMTP id q11-20020adff78b000000b0032da6f5a511mr9328084wrp.13.1698229187630; Wed, 25 Oct 2023 03:19:47 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 06:19:42 -0400 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: Parav Pandit Cc: Jason Wang , "Zhu, Lingshan" , "virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org" , "cohuck@redhat.com" , "sburla@marvell.com" , Shahaf Shuler , Maor Gottlieb , Yishai Hadas Message-ID: <20231025061755-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20231018055422-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> <20231025041653-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [virtio-comment] Re: [PATCH v1 3/8] device-context: Define the device context fields for device migration On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 09:50:02AM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote: > Hence, I believe device context as defined now is still reusable as common building block. > For non-passthrough, such hypervisor can simply ignore the fields which it is not interested in. Interesting. So a hypervisor encounters a field it does not recognize. How does hypervisor know that a field is safe to ignore? -- MST This publicly archived list offers a means to provide input to the OASIS Virtual I/O Device (VIRTIO) TC. In order to verify user consent to the Feedback License terms and to minimize spam in the list archive, subscription is required before posting. Subscribe: virtio-comment-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org Unsubscribe: virtio-comment-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org List help: virtio-comment-help@lists.oasis-open.org List archive: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/ Feedback License: https://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/feedback_license.pdf List Guidelines: https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/mailing-lists Committee: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/virtio/ Join OASIS: https://www.oasis-open.org/join/