Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] virtio_net: Extend virtio to use VF datapath when available

Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-03-02T19:41:02Z

On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 07:26:25AM -0800, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> The design limits things to a 1:1 relationship since we just have the
> child and backup pointers, but I don't think I am seeing exception
> handling to prevent us from overwriting the child pointers so there
> may be a leak there.
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Alex

In fact maintaining a list in that case would be nicer, and
just use an arbitrary one.
E.g. one can see how a user wanting to swap device 1 for device 2
might first add device 2 with same MAC then drop device 1.

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