Re: [PATCH v4 4/8] vhost-user.rst: Introduce suspended state

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

On Wed, Oct 04, 2023 at 02:59:00PM +0200, Hanna Czenczek wrote:
> In vDPA, GET_VRING_BASE does not stop the queried vring, which is why
> SUSPEND was introduced so that the returned index would be stable.  In
> vhost-user, it does stop the vring, so under the same reasoning, it can
> get away without SUSPEND.
> 
> Still, we do want to clarify that if the device is completely stopped,
> i.e. all vrings are stopped, the back-end should cease to modify any
> state relating to the guest.  Do this by calling it "suspended".
> 
> Suggested-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hanna Czenczek <hreitz@redhat.com>
> ---
>  docs/interop/vhost-user.rst | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>

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