Re: VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_REQUEST with the same src_port from a guest

"Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Jul 2024 17:01:14 -0400
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.virtio-dev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 12:55:46PM -0700, Roman Kiryanov wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 12:40 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Can Linux driver ever trigger this? Some other driver?
> 
> I have never seen a driver with this behavior so far.
> 
> > If this is something that drivers don't actually ever
> > trigger, why does it matter how exactly the device
> > behaves?
> 
> I think there is a value in having the spec to cover all cases.

Well we don't really do it for other devices.
We focus on how things fail when it's important e.g. for security.

Basically spec has been out there for a while and we can't
declare existing devices non-compliant.
We can add a recommendation.
Given no driver actually does this, the value seems low.

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