Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] vfio/pci: Remove the core dependency on driver data

["Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>]

On Mon Oct 5, 2026 at 8:42 PM CEST, Simon Song wrote:
> vfio-pci-core currently has runtime functions that interpret pci
> driver_data as a pointer to vfio_pci_core_device, and enforce vfio
> variant drivers must set vfio_pci_core_device to their pci driver_data.
> This constrains variant drivers' private-data layout, including the
> typed driver data used by the Rust PCI infrastructure.
>
> Add VFIO_PCI_CORE_DEFINE_CALLBACKS marcos to generate wrapper code for
> each vfio variant driver, update vfio variant drivers to store their
> private strctures in driver_data and use generated wrapper to pass the
> vfio core device to helpers.
>
> Select the vga decode callback during vfio_pci_vga_init based on if
> vfio_vga_disabled, the callback only use pci_dev and does not require
> driver_data
>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
> Suggested-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@nvidia.com>
> Suggested-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/DLFD2ZDSK9YQ.3A4R66G8UJMD8@kernel.org/
> Signed-off-by: Simon Song <xinmengs@nvidia.com>

Reviewed-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>