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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg-DDmLM1+adcrQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 05/18] iommu/ioasid: Redefine IOASID set and
 allocation APIs
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:54:38 -0300
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To: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
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On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 10:23:32AM -0700, Jacob Pan wrote:

> Perhaps similar to cgroup v1 vs v2, it took a long time and with known
> limitations in v1.

cgroup v2 is still having transition problems, if anything it is a
cautionary tale to think really hard about uAPI because transitioning
can be really hard.

It might be very wise to make /dev/ioasid and /dev/vfio ioctl
compatible in some way so existing software has a smoother upgrade
path.

For instance by defining a default IOASID

Jason