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

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:16:54AM +0100, 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.
> 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'.

We really need to switch enums to defines, for consistency.



> Thanks,
> Stefano
> 
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