Re: [PATCH v2] docs: Update vhost-user spec regarding backend program conventions

[Boeuf, Sebastien]

Hi!

On Fri, 2020-03-06 at 13:52 +0100, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 1:35 PM Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 07:24:54PM +0100, Sebastien Boeuf wrote:
> > > The vhost-user specification is not clearly stating the expected
> > > behavior from a backend program whenever the client disconnects.
> > > 
> > > This patch addresses the issue by defining the default behavior
> > > and
> > > proposing an alternative through a command line option.
> > > 
> > > By default, a backend program will terminate whenever the client
> > > disconnects, unless told otherwise through the newly introduced
> > > option --keep-listening.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Sebastien Boeuf <address@hidden>
> > > Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
> > > ---
> > >  docs/interop/vhost-user.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
> > >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> > 
> > Perhaps --keep-listening should be optional?
> 
> I think it should be optional, and flagged by a capability.

Could you please elaborate on that? How can I do that?

Thanks,
Sebastien
> 
> > If the maintainers are happy with the patch as is then so am I:
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <address@hidden>
> 
> 
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