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[PATCH 0/4] virtio-blk clarifications
On 14/09/2018 07:51, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >>> Since it's SHOULD NOT for driver, I think another assumption is that >>> device must handle such huge requests anyway then? >> Not really, the idea was that it's okay if the driver sends huge >> requests, but it has to expect the error case. OTOH the device is free >> to handle huge requests if it wishes to. >> >> Paolo
> Right but it must not crash or hang or set NEEDS_RESET
> as a result, right? Right. Is it okay to add a footnote? Or course any device MUST NOT crash or hang as a result of sending to big a buffer, but for other devices setting NEEDS_RESET may be okay. Paolo
> It must use the request even if
> it's with error. I think spec should clarify that. >
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