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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2019-07-05 09:51:50 +0100
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2019-07-05 09:51:50 +0100
commitc35d17cabc1e2c72ac0adfd47a0dc9ea40875069 (patch)
tree1fe20a1769036418feb4793416942a1c1fb40015 /docs
parent57dfc2c4d51e770ed3f617e5d1456d1e2bacf3f0 (diff)
parent3ef4dff2b397c8932fd3b4d955cd6ba620245475 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/mst/tags/for_upstream' into staging
virtio, pc, pci: features, fixes, cleanups virtio-pmem support. libvhost user mq support. A bunch of fixes all over the place. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> # gpg: Signature made Thu 04 Jul 2019 22:00:49 BST # gpg: using RSA key 281F0DB8D28D5469 # gpg: Good signature from "Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@kernel.org>" [full] # gpg: aka "Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>" [full] # Primary key fingerprint: 0270 606B 6F3C DF3D 0B17 0970 C350 3912 AFBE 8E67 # Subkey fingerprint: 5D09 FD08 71C8 F85B 94CA 8A0D 281F 0DB8 D28D 5469 * remotes/mst/tags/for_upstream: (22 commits) docs: avoid vhost-user-net specifics in multiqueue section libvhost-user: implement VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ libvhost-user: support many virtqueues libvhost-user: add vmsg_set_reply_u64() helper pc: Move compat_apic_id_mode variable to PCMachineClass virtio: Don't change "started" flag on virtio_vmstate_change() virtio: Make sure we get correct state of device on handle_aio_output() virtio: Set "start_on_kick" on virtio_set_features() virtio: Set "start_on_kick" for legacy devices virtio: add "use-started" property virtio-pci: fix missing device properties pc: Support for virtio-pmem-pci numa: Handle virtio-pmem in NUMA stats hmp: Handle virtio-pmem when printing memory device infos virtio-pci: Proxy for virtio-pmem virtio-pmem: sync linux headers virtio-pci: Allow to specify additional interfaces for the base type virtio-pmem: add virtio device pcie: minor cleanups for slot control/status pcie: work around for racy guest init ... Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst b/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
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--- a/docs/interop/vhost-user.rst
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@@ -324,19 +324,20 @@ must support changing some configuration aspects on the fly.
Multiple queue support
----------------------
-Multiple queue is treated as a protocol extension, hence the slave has
-to implement protocol features first. The multiple queues feature is
-supported only when the protocol feature ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ``
-(bit 0) is set.
+Multiple queue support allows the slave to advertise the maximum number of
+queues. This is treated as a protocol extension, hence the slave has to
+implement protocol features first. The multiple queues feature is supported
+only when the protocol feature ``VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_MQ`` (bit 0) is set.
-The max number of queue pairs the slave supports can be queried with
-message ``VHOST_USER_GET_QUEUE_NUM``. Master should stop when the
-number of requested queues is bigger than that.
+The max number of queues the slave supports can be queried with message
+``VHOST_USER_GET_QUEUE_NUM``. Master should stop when the number of requested
+queues is bigger than that.
As all queues share one connection, the master uses a unique index for each
-queue in the sent message to identify a specified queue. One queue pair
-is enabled initially. More queues are enabled dynamically, by sending
-message ``VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ENABLE``.
+queue in the sent message to identify a specified queue.
+
+The master enables queues by sending message ``VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ENABLE``.
+vhost-user-net has historically automatically enabled the first queue pair.
Migration
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