On 28 April 2016 at 17:06, Stefan Hajnoczi <> wrote:
> Interestingly the vhost "backend" uses a workqueue and a send packet
> list so it doesn't block. I'll take a look at using the same approach
> in virtio_transport.c.
Doesn't the use of a list like this open up the issue of the frontend
requiring the backend to queue an arbitrarily large number of pending
replies (by send TX requests requiring a response more quickly than it
populates the RX ring, either by mistake or by being malicious?)
Ian.
