Re: [PATCH v13 17/17] net: stream: add QAPI events to report connection state

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> [Cc: Laine, full quote]
>
> On Fri, 21 Oct 2022 11:12:20 +0200
> Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Cc: Stefano Brivio
>> 
>> Laurent Vivier <lvivier@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 
>> > On 10/21/22 07:48, Markus Armbruster wrote:  
>> >> Laurent Vivier <lvivier@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> >>   
>> >>> The netdev reports NETDEV_STREAM_CONNECTED event when the backend
>> >>> is connected, and NETDEV_STREAM_DISCONNECTED when it is disconnected.  
>> >>
>> >> Use cases?  
>> >
>> > This is asked by Stefano Brivio to allow libvirt to detect if connection 
>> > to passt is lost and to restart passt.  
>> 
>> Let's add something like this to the commit message:
>> 
>>     This lets libvirt notice when the connection is lost somehow, and
>>     restart the peer (such as passt).
>> 
>> Who's working on the libvirt part?
>
> Laine Stump and myself. Nothing to show yet, though.

Good enough for me :)

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