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@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ message replies. Most of the requests don't require replies. Here is a list of
the ones that do:
* VHOST_GET_FEATURES
+ * VHOST_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES
* VHOST_GET_VRING_BASE
There are several messages that the master sends with file descriptors passed
@@ -127,6 +128,13 @@ in the ancillary data:
If Master is unable to send the full message or receives a wrong reply it will
close the connection. An optional reconnection mechanism can be implemented.
+Any protocol extensions are gated by protocol feature bits,
+which allows full backwards compatibility on both master
+and slave.
+As older slaves don't support negotiating protocol features,
+a feature bit was dedicated for this purpose:
+#define VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES 30
+
Message types
-------------
@@ -138,6 +146,8 @@ Message types
Slave payload: u64
Get from the underlying vhost implementation the features bitmask.
+ Feature bit VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES signals slave support for
+ VHOST_USER_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES and VHOST_USER_SET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES.
* VHOST_USER_SET_FEATURES
@@ -146,6 +156,33 @@ Message types
Master payload: u64
Enable features in the underlying vhost implementation using a bitmask.
+ Feature bit VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES signals slave support for
+ VHOST_USER_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES and VHOST_USER_SET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES.
+
+ * VHOST_USER_GET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES
+
+ Id: 15
+ Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_GET_FEATURES
+ Master payload: N/A
+ Slave payload: u64
+
+ Get the protocol feature bitmask from the underlying vhost implementation.
+ Only legal if feature bit VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES is present in
+ VHOST_USER_GET_FEATURES.
+ Note: slave that reported VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES must support
+ this message even before VHOST_USER_SET_FEATURES was called.
+
+ * VHOST_USER_SET_PROTOCOL_FEATURES
+
+ Id: 16
+ Ioctl: VHOST_SET_FEATURES
+ Master payload: u64
+
+ Enable protocol features in the underlying vhost implementation.
+ Only legal if feature bit VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES is present in
+ VHOST_USER_GET_FEATURES.
+ Note: slave that reported VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES must support
+ this message even before VHOST_USER_SET_FEATURES was called.
* VHOST_USER_SET_OWNER