From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alex Williamson Subject: Re: [bug] dpdk-vfio: Invalid region/index assumption Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 08:54:56 -0600 Message-ID: <20160728085456.1f752faf@t450s.home> References: <20160727161457.7992c756@t450s.home> <2860054.FZ01Xh8IR9@xps13> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Thomas Monjalon , "dev@dpdk.org" To: "Burakov, Anatoly" Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [209.132.183.28]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48132377E for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:54:57 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 09:42:13 +0000 "Burakov, Anatoly" wrote: > > Hi, > > > > 2016-07-27 16:14, Alex Williamson: > > > I took a quick look at the dpdk vfio code and spotted an invalid > > > assumption that should probably be corrected ASAP. > > > > It can theoretically be a bug but the value may never change in the kernel, > > right? > > So when you say ASAP, I feel it can wait the next DPDK release (we plan to > > release today). > > Do you agree? > > Unless there are imminent plans to change this in the kernel, I think it can wait for next release. I don't have any plans to change it, but this relationship is not a guaranteed part of the ABI. I reserve the right to make such changes in the future. Thanks, Alex