For messages that require a reply, a second ack should not be sent when reply-ack protocol feature is negotiated, even if the corresponding flag is set in the message.
The code is compliant with the spec but it isn't clear it is, so this patch adds a comment to make it explicit. Suggested-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maxim...@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coque...@redhat.com> Acked-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maxim...@samsung.com> --- lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c index ce0ac0098..7f3e86778 100644 --- a/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c +++ b/lib/librte_vhost/vhost_user.c @@ -1799,6 +1799,11 @@ vhost_user_msg_handler(int vid, int fd) if (unlock_required) vhost_user_unlock_all_queue_pairs(dev); + /* + * If the request required a reply that was already sent, + * this optional reply-ack won't be sent as the + * VHOST_USER_NEED_REPLY was cleared in send_vhost_reply(). + */ if (msg.flags & VHOST_USER_NEED_REPLY) { msg.payload.u64 = ret == VH_RESULT_ERR; msg.size = sizeof(msg.payload.u64); -- 2.17.1