[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] char: Flush read buffer in mux_chr_can_read

[Jan Kiszka]

Alexander Graf wrote:
> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> Alexander Graf wrote:
>>   
>>> Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Move the buffer flush from mux_chr_read to mux_chr_can_read. While the
>>>> latter is called periodically, the former will only be invoked when new
>>>> characters arrive at the back-end. This caused problems to front-end
>>>> drivers whenever they were unable to read data immediately, e.g.
>>>> virtio-console attached to stdio.
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>> I don't see this patch applied, but also don't see any issues with
>>> virtio-console anymore on today's git. Odd.
>>>
>>>     
>> Hmm, I had a clear before-after experience using virtio console with an
>> x86 Linux guest. I still think my patch is correct and required. Maybe
>> you can bisect this positive "regression"? Something might paper over
>> the core issue now.
>>   
> 
> I just did a git reset --hard on
> baf0b55a9e57b909b1f8b0f732c0b10242867418 and it worked! What the ...

Whatever "worked" now means (I'm slightly confused), I just rechecked
the situation over current git head ("qemu linux-guest.img -chardev
stdio,id=cons,mux=on -device virtio-serial -device
virtconsole,chardev=cons -mon chardev=cons", "cat /dev/hvc0" in the
guest, typing some chars on the host console): The problem still
persists, my patch still solves it. Can you confirm this, ideally also
for s390?

Jan

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