Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/3] linux-user: netlink support

[Laurent Vivier]

Le 24/05/2016 à 10:34, Peter Maydell a écrit :
> On 24 May 2016 at 09:29, Riku Voipio <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 06:56:18PM +0200, Laurent Vivier wrote:
>>> It is now possible to register handlers to a file descriptor
>>> to translate a data stream transiting by this file descriptor.
>>>
>>> We can now decode netlink information coming from the guest
>>> and inject a translated one into the host, and vice-versa.
>>>
>>> This series is an "RFC" because it works (we can boot a
>>> container using systemd and use iproute tools) but some
>>> problems remain.
>>
>> Ok, I can wait for V3.
> 
> Well, this version of the patchset isn't marked RFC -- did you
> forget to edit the cover letter, Laurent?

Yes, sorry...

>>> Some results (x86_64 host) with some guests:
>>>
>>> * ppc: it can boot a debian 8.2/8.3 (Jessie) LXC container
>>>   and networking works fine (dhcp and "apt-get upgrade").
>>>
>>>   "ip link" generates some traces in the kernel log:
>>>   "netlink: 8 bytes leftover after parsing attributes in process `ip'."
> 
> I guess we should track down what this 8-bytes-leftover
> stuff is...

OK, I will...

Laurent