similar to: [PATCH] virtio_console: fix sparse warnings

Hey Rusty, These updated patches in the series return -EFAULT on copy_xx_user errors and also move the copy_from_user into fops_write() instead of it being in send_buf. This enables send_buf to just read from kernel buffers, making it simpler. This also allows write()s to write more to the host in one go, removingthe 4k limitation. I do limit the writes to 32k at once to not put too much

Hey Rusty, These updated patches in the series return -EFAULT on copy_xx_user errors and also move the copy_from_user into fops_write() instead of it being in send_buf. This enables send_buf to just read from kernel buffers, making it simpler. This also allows write()s to write more to the host in one go, removingthe 4k limitation. I do limit the writes to 32k at once to not put too much

Expose multiple char devices ("ports") for simple communication between the host userspace and guest. Sample offline usages can be: poking around in a guest to find out the file systems used, applications installed, etc. Online usages can be sharing of clipboard data between the guest and the host, sending information about logged-in users to the host, locking the screen or session when

Expose multiple char devices ("ports") for simple communication between the host userspace and guest. Sample offline usages can be: poking around in a guest to find out the file systems used, applications installed, etc. Online usages can be sharing of clipboard data between the guest and the host, sending information about logged-in users to the host, locking the screen or session when

RCU trickery: net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:73:17: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces): net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:73:17: struct virtio_vsock [noderef] __rcu * net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:73:17: struct virtio_vsock * net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:171:17: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):

Hello, This is the patch that I have for adding support for multiple ports to virtio_console. It's pretty stable in my testing so far and the memory corruption that I had earlier has been resolved in linux-next so I'm proposing this for inclusion. This currently uses device major number 60 from the experimental range; Alan could you please reserve a new major number for virtio_console?

Hello, This is the patch that I have for adding support for multiple ports to virtio_console. It's pretty stable in my testing so far and the memory corruption that I had earlier has been resolved in linux-next so I'm proposing this for inclusion. This currently uses device major number 60 from the experimental range; Alan could you please reserve a new major number for virtio_console?

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. To maintain backward compatibility, the first port to be spawned (port at id 0) is to be a console port, to be bound to hvc. This keeps new

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. To maintain backward compatibility, the first port to be spawned (port at id 0) is to be a console port, to be bound to hvc. This keeps new

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. The code has been updated to reuse the virtio-console device instead of creating a new virtio-serial device. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. There are a few items on my

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. The code has been updated to reuse the virtio-console device instead of creating a new virtio-serial device. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. There are a few items on my

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. To maintain backward compatibility, the first port to be spawned (port at id 0) is to be a console port, to be bound to hvc. This keeps new

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. To maintain backward compatibility, the first port to be spawned (port at id 0) is to be a console port, to be bound to hvc. This keeps new

(Rusty, would it improve the chances of getting this patch in your tree if this description were written with latex instead of without it?) Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. To maintain

(Rusty, would it improve the chances of getting this patch in your tree if this description were written with latex instead of without it?) Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine. To maintain

Commit 0deab087b16a ("vsock/virtio: use RCU to avoid use-after-free on the_virtio_vsock") starts to use RCU to protect 'the_virtio_vsock' pointer, but we forgot to annotate it. This patch adds the annotation to fix the following sparse errors: net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:73:17: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):

Commit 0deab087b16a ("vsock/virtio: use RCU to avoid use-after-free on the_virtio_vsock") starts to use RCU to protect 'the_virtio_vsock' pointer, but we forgot to annotate it. This patch adds the annotation to fix the following sparse errors: net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:73:17: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces):

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine*. There are a few items on my todo list but this works well. New since last send: - live migration support** - write path in the guest

Hello all, Here is a new iteration of the patch series that implements a transport for guest and host communications. I've tested for compatibility (old qemu & new kernel, new qemu & old kernel, new qemu & new kernel) and it all works fine*. There are a few items on my todo list but this works well. New since last send: - live migration support** - write path in the guest

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost.git linux-next head: b072ae74df177c3ad7704c5fbe66e3f10aad9d4e commit: b072ae74df177c3ad7704c5fbe66e3f10aad9d4e [12/12] vhost: use vhost_desc instead of vhost_log reproduce: # apt-get install sparse # sparse version: v0.6.1-101-g82dee2e-dirty git checkout b072ae74df177c3ad7704c5fbe66e3f10aad9d4e make