[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] net: delay freeing peer host device

2010-09-27 Thread Michael S. Tsirkin
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 02:18:37PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 15:00 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > With -netdev, virtio devices present offload > > features to guest, depending on the backend used. > > Thus, removing host netdev peer while guest is > > active leads

[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] net: delay freeing peer host device

2010-09-27 Thread Alex Williamson
On Mon, 2010-09-27 at 15:00 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > With -netdev, virtio devices present offload > features to guest, depending on the backend used. > Thus, removing host netdev peer while guest is > active leads to guest-visible inconsistency and/or crashes. > > As a solution, while gu