Re: [PATCH v8 1/6] vfio: Mediated device Core driver

Kirti Wankhede
2016-10-11T20:14:14Z

On 10/11/2016 9:21 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 01:58:32 +0530
> Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@nvidia.com> wrote:
>> ---
>> drivers/vfio/Kconfig | 1 +
>> drivers/vfio/Makefile | 1 +
>> drivers/vfio/mdev/Kconfig | 12 ++
>> drivers/vfio/mdev/Makefile | 5 +
>> drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 363 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c | 131 ++++++++++++++
>> drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h | 41 +++++
>> drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c | 295 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> include/linux/mdev.h | 178 +++++++++++++++++++
>> 9 files changed, 1027 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/mdev/Kconfig
>> create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/mdev/Makefile
>> create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
>> create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
>> create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
>> create mode 100644 include/linux/mdev.h
>
>
> Overall this is heading in a good direction. What kernel is this
> series against? I could only apply it to v4.7, yet some of the
> dependencies claimed in the cover letter are only in v4.8. linux-next
> or v4.8 are both good baselines right now, as we move to v4.9-rc
> releases, linux-next probably becomes a better target.
>

Thanks Alex.

Yes, this series is against kernel v4.7. Patch 1 - 5 gets applied to
linux-next cleanly, patch 6/6 shows conflicts against linux-next.

I'm preparing next version of this patch set against linux-next.

Thanks,
Kirti.

> A few initial comments below, I'll likely have more as I wrap my head
> around it. Thanks,
>
> Alex
>