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Based on patch by Nikolay Nikolaev: Vhost-user will implement the multi queue support in a similar way to what vhost already has - a separate thread for each queue. To enable the multi queue functionality - a new command line parameter "queues" is introduced for the vhost-user netdev. Signed-off-by: Nikolay Nikolaev <n.nikolaev@virtualopensystems.com> Signed-off-by: Changchun Ouyang <changchun.ouyang@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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Vhost-user Protocol
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Copyright (c) 2014 Virtual Open Systems Sarl.
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This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
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See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
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===================
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This protocol is aiming to complement the ioctl interface used to control the
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vhost implementation in the Linux kernel. It implements the control plane needed
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to establish virtqueue sharing with a user space process on the same host. It
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uses communication over a Unix domain socket to share file descriptors in the
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ancillary data of the message.
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The protocol defines 2 sides of the communication, master and slave. Master is
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the application that shares its virtqueues, in our case QEMU. Slave is the
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consumer of the virtqueues.
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In the current implementation QEMU is the Master, and the Slave is intended to
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be a software Ethernet switch running in user space, such as Snabbswitch.
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Master and slave can be either a client (i.e. connecting) or server (listening)
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in the socket communication.
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Message Specification
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---------------------
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Note that all numbers are in the machine native byte order. A vhost-user message
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consists of 3 header fields and a payload:
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| request | flags | size | payload |
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------------------------------------
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* Request: 32-bit type of the request
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* Flags: 32-bit bit field:
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- Lower 2 bits are the version (currently 0x01)
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- Bit 2 is the reply flag - needs to be sent on each reply from the slave
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* Size - 32-bit size of the payload
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Depending on the request type, payload can be:
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* A single 64-bit integer
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-------
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| u64 |
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-------
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u64: a 64-bit unsigned integer
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* A vring state description
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---------------
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| index | num |
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---------------
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Index: a 32-bit index
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Num: a 32-bit number
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* A vring address description
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--------------------------------------------------------------
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| index | flags | size | descriptor | used | available | log |
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--------------------------------------------------------------
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Index: a 32-bit vring index
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Flags: a 32-bit vring flags
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Descriptor: a 64-bit user address of the vring descriptor table
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Used: a 64-bit user address of the vring used ring
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Available: a 64-bit user address of the vring available ring
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Log: a 64-bit guest address for logging
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* Memory regions description
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---------------------------------------------------
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| num regions | padding | region0 | ... | region7 |
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---------------------------------------------------
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Num regions: a 32-bit number of regions
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Padding: 32-bit
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A region is:
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-----------------------------------------------------
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| guest address | size | user address | mmap offset |
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-----------------------------------------------------
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Guest address: a 64-bit guest address of the region
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Size: a 64-bit size
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User address: a 64-bit user address
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mmap offset: 64-bit offset where region starts in the mapped memory
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In QEMU the vhost-user message is implemented with the following struct:
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typedef struct VhostUserMsg {
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VhostUserRequest request;
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uint32_t flags;
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uint32_t size;
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union {
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uint64_t u64;
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struct vhost_vring_state state;
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struct vhost_vring_addr addr;
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VhostUserMemory memory;
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};
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} QEMU_PACKED VhostUserMsg;
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Communication
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-------------
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The protocol for vhost-user is based on the existing implementation of vhost
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for the Linux Kernel. Most messages that can be sent via the Unix domain socket
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implementing vhost-user have an equivalent ioctl to the kernel implementation.
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The communication consists of master sending message requests and slave sending
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message replies. Most of the requests don't require replies. Here is a list of
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the ones that do:
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* VHOST_GET_FEATURES
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* VHOST_GET_VRING_BASE
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There are several messages that the master sends with file descriptors passed
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in the ancillary data:
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* VHOST_SET_MEM_TABLE
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* VHOST_SET_LOG_FD
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* VHOST_SET_VRING_KICK
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* VHOST_SET_VRING_CALL
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* VHOST_SET_VRING_ERR
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If Master is unable to send the full message or receives a wrong reply it will
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close the connection. An optional reconnection mechanism can be implemented.
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Multi queue support
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-------------------
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The protocol supports multiple queues by setting all index fields in the sent
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messages to a properly calculated value.
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Message types
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* VHOST_USER_GET_FEATURES
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Id: 1
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_GET_FEATURES
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Master payload: N/A
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Slave payload: u64
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Get from the underlying vhost implementation the features bitmask.
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* VHOST_USER_SET_FEATURES
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Id: 2
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Ioctl: VHOST_SET_FEATURES
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Master payload: u64
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Enable features in the underlying vhost implementation using a bitmask.
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* VHOST_USER_SET_OWNER
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Id: 3
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_SET_OWNER
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Master payload: N/A
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Issued when a new connection is established. It sets the current Master
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as an owner of the session. This can be used on the Slave as a
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"session start" flag.
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* VHOST_USER_RESET_OWNER
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Id: 4
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_RESET_OWNER
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Master payload: N/A
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Issued when a new connection is about to be closed. The Master will no
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longer own this connection (and will usually close it).
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* VHOST_USER_SET_MEM_TABLE
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Id: 5
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_SET_MEM_TABLE
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Master payload: memory regions description
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Sets the memory map regions on the slave so it can translate the vring
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addresses. In the ancillary data there is an array of file descriptors
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for each memory mapped region. The size and ordering of the fds matches
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the number and ordering of memory regions.
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* VHOST_USER_SET_LOG_BASE
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Id: 6
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_SET_LOG_BASE
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Master payload: u64
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Sets the logging base address.
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* VHOST_USER_SET_LOG_FD
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Id: 7
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_SET_LOG_FD
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Master payload: N/A
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Sets the logging file descriptor, which is passed as ancillary data.
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* VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_NUM
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Id: 8
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_SET_VRING_NUM
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Master payload: vring state description
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Sets the number of vrings for this owner.
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* VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ADDR
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Id: 9
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_SET_VRING_ADDR
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Master payload: vring address description
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Slave payload: N/A
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Sets the addresses of the different aspects of the vring.
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* VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_BASE
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Id: 10
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_SET_VRING_BASE
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Master payload: vring state description
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Sets the base offset in the available vring.
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* VHOST_USER_GET_VRING_BASE
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Id: 11
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_USER_GET_VRING_BASE
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Master payload: vring state description
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Slave payload: vring state description
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Get the available vring base offset.
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* VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_KICK
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Id: 12
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_SET_VRING_KICK
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Master payload: u64
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Set the event file descriptor for adding buffers to the vring. It
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is passed in the ancillary data.
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Bits (0-7) of the payload contain the vring index. Bit 8 is the
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invalid FD flag. This flag is set when there is no file descriptor
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in the ancillary data. This signals that polling should be used
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instead of waiting for a kick.
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* VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_CALL
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Id: 13
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_SET_VRING_CALL
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Master payload: u64
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Set the event file descriptor to signal when buffers are used. It
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is passed in the ancillary data.
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Bits (0-7) of the payload contain the vring index. Bit 8 is the
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invalid FD flag. This flag is set when there is no file descriptor
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in the ancillary data. This signals that polling will be used
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instead of waiting for the call.
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* VHOST_USER_SET_VRING_ERR
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Id: 14
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Equivalent ioctl: VHOST_SET_VRING_ERR
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Master payload: u64
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Set the event file descriptor to signal when error occurs. It
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is passed in the ancillary data.
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Bits (0-7) of the payload contain the vring index. Bit 8 is the
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invalid FD flag. This flag is set when there is no file descriptor
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in the ancillary data.
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