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authorMaxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>2016-12-10 16:30:36 +0100
committerMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>2017-01-10 07:02:53 +0200
commitc5f048d8fb69ae9b52a02ff4435b403b2ba19db7 (patch)
treed9bcd743ef6dd8fbe73b91d1e7b2b68de91fe531 /docs/specs/vhost-user.txt
parent283e2c2adcb80148c7f67d71d52134af80d2fbae (diff)
vhost-user: Add MTU protocol feature and op
This patch implements VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_NET_MTU protocol feature and VHOST_USER_NET_SET_MTU request so that the backend gets notified of the user defined host MTU. If backend supports VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK, QEMU assumes MTU is valid if success is returned. Vhost-net driver sends this request through a new vhost_net_set_mtu vhost_ops entry. Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Cc: Aaron Conole <aconole@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/specs/vhost-user.txt b/docs/specs/vhost-user.txt
index d70bd83b13..036890feb0 100644
--- a/docs/specs/vhost-user.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/vhost-user.txt
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ Protocol features
#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_LOG_SHMFD 1
#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_RARP 2
#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK 3
+#define VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MTU 4
Message types
-------------
@@ -470,6 +471,21 @@ Message types
The first 6 bytes of the payload contain the mac address of the guest to
allow the vhost user backend to construct and broadcast the fake RARP.
+ * VHOST_USER_NET_SET_MTU
+
+ Id: 20
+ Equivalent ioctl: N/A
+ Master payload: u64
+
+ Set host MTU value exposed to the guest.
+ This request should be sent only when VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU feature has been
+ successfully negotiated, VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES is present in
+ VHOST_USER_GET_FEATURES and protocol feature bit
+ VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_NET_MTU is present in
+ VHOST_USER_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES.
+ If VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK is negotiated, slave must respond
+ with zero in case the specified MTU is valid, or non-zero otherwise.
+
VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_REPLY_ACK:
-------------------------------
The original vhost-user specification only demands replies for certain