On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 05:03:22PM +0800, Fam Zheng wrote: > On Tue, 07/07 12:19, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 05:09:09PM +0800, Fam Zheng wrote: > > > On Tue, 07/07 11:13, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 09:21:07AM +0800, Fam Zheng wrote: > > > > > Since commit 6e99c63 "net/socket: Drop net_socket_can_send" and > > > > > friends, > > > > > net queues need to be explicitly flushed after qemu_can_send_packet() > > > > > returns false, because the netdev side will disable the polling of fd. > > > > > > > > > > This fixes the case of "cont" after "stop" (or migration). > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <f...@redhat.com> > > > > > > > > Note virtio has its own handler which must be used to > > > > flush packets - this one might run too early or too late. > > > > > > Which handler do you mean? I don't think virtio-net handles resume now. > > > (If it > > > does, we probably should drop it together with this change, since it's > > > needed > > > by as all NICs.) > > > > > > Fam > > > > virtio_vmstate_change > > > > It's all far from trivial. I suspect these whack-a-mole approach > > spreading purge here and there will only create more bugs. > > > > Why would we ever need to process network packets when > > VM is not running? I don't see any point to it. > > How about we simply stop the job processing network on > > vm stop and restart on vm start? > > I suppose it is too much for 2.4. I think this approach, adding > qemu_flush_queued_packets(), is consistent with its existing usage (when a > device is becoming active from inactive), like in e1000_write_config. > > How about applying this and let's work on "stopping tap when VM not running" > for 2.5?
Jason has gone happy on this and the virtio-net .can_receive() patch. Michael: Any further comments? Are you okay with this patch too?
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