@@ -148,20 +148,26 @@ a feature bit was dedicated for this purpose:
Starting and stopping rings
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-Each ring is initialized in a stopped state, client must not process it until
-ring is enabled.
+Client must only process each ring when it is both started and enabled.
+
+If VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES has not been negotiated, the ring is initialized
+in an enabled state.
-If VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES has been negotiated, client must start and
-stop ring processing upon receiving VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ENABLE with parameters
-1 and 0 respoectively.
+If VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES has been negotiated, the ring is initialized
+in a disabled state. Client must not process it until ring is enabled by
+VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ENABLE with parameter 1, or after it has been disabled by
+VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ENABLE with parameter 0.
+
+Each ring is initialized in a stopped state, client must not process it until
+ring is started, or after it has been stopped.
-If VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES has not been negotiated, client must start
-ring processing upon receiving a kick (that is, detecting that file descriptor
-is readable) on the descriptor specified by VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_KICK, and stop
-ring processing upon receiving VHOST_USER_GET_VRING_BASE.
+Client must start ring upon receiving a kick (that is, detecting that file
+descriptor is readable) on the descriptor specified by
+VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_KICK, and stop ring upon receiving
+VHOST_USER_GET_VRING_BASE.
-While rings are running, client must support changing some configuration
-aspects on the fly.
+While processing the rings (when they are started and enabled), client must
+support changing some configuration aspects on the fly.
Multiple queue support
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We wanted to start/stop rings on VRING_ENABLE, but that is not what QEMU does. Rather than tweaking code some more, with risk to stability, let's just document it as it is. We'll be able to fix this in the future with a new protocol feature bit. Reported-by: Victor Kaplansky <victork@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> --- Will wait a day or two in case we can fix it easily, but this patch is an alternative if we can't. docs/specs/vhost-user.txt | 28 +++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)