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Subject: Re: [MASSMAIL KLMS] [virtio-comment] Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/1] virtio-vsock: introduce SEQPACKET description


On 22.02.2021 13:16, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 09:07:12AM +0300, Arseny Krasnov wrote:
>> This patchset adds description of SOCK_SEQPACKET socket's type
>> of virtio vsock.
>>
>> Here is implementation:
>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/2/18/24
>>
>> Arseny Krasnov(1):
>>  virtio-vsock: add SOCK_SEQPACKET description
>>
>> virtio-vsock.tex | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>> 1 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> TODO:
>> - for messages identification I use header's field called 'msg_cnt'.
>>  May be it is better to call it 'msg_id' or 'msg_num', because it
>>  is used as ID, but implemented as counter.
> If we use it only as an identifier, I think 'msg_id' is preferable and 
> we shouldn't mention in the specs that it's a counter, since it's just a 
> possible implementation.

Well let it be 'msg_id', because it's used for packet drop control, and

counter is one of implementations.

> Instead if we use the counter for some control, for example if we lost a 
> packet, then maybe msg_cnt is better.
> But since the channel shouldn't lose packets, I don't think this is the 
> case.
>
>> - in current version of specification, some values of headers' fields
>>  still unnamed, for example type of socket (stream or seqpacket), then
>>  shutdown flags. Spec says that for stream socket value of 'type'
>>  must be 1. For receive shutdown bit 0 is set in 'flags', for send
>>  shutdown bit 1 is set in 'flags'. But in Linux these unnamed ones and
>>  zeroes are implemented as enums, so may be it will be ok to add such
>>  enums in specification (as 'enum virtio_vsock_event_id').
> Since we have an enumerate for VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_* values, I think we can 
> add enums for socket type and maybe 'flags'.
Ack
>
> Thanks,
> Stefano
>
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