Re: [PATCH v2 04/19] vfio: make all functions internal

Stephen Hemminger
2025-11-14T18:18:22Z

On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:40:14 +0000
Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com> wrote:

> The VFIO API is an externally exported API because the original intent was
> to offer DMA mapping facilities to applications. However, practical usage
> of this API seems to be centered around drivers, so keeping this API
> exported to applications only creates needless API/ABI stability surface
> that has no added value.
>
> Make the entire VFIO API internal-only and visible only to drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
> ---

Rename the functions maybe to avoid issues?