Re: [PATCH net-next 07/19] vfio/mdev: Introduce sha1 based mdev alias

Cornelia Huck
2019-11-08T11:10:45Z

On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 10:08:22 -0600
Parav Pandit <parav@mellanox.com> wrote:

> Some vendor drivers want an identifier for an mdev device that is
> shorter than the UUID, due to length restrictions in the consumers of
> that identifier.
>
> Add a callback that allows a vendor driver to request an alias of a
> specified length to be generated for an mdev device. If generated,
> that alias is checked for collisions.
>
> It is an optional attribute.
> mdev alias is generated using sha1 from the mdev name.
>
> Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@mellanox.com>
> ---
> drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 123 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h | 5 +-
> drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c | 13 ++--
> include/linux/mdev.h | 4 +
> 4 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Is this (or any of the other mdev alias patches) different from what I
reviewed in the past?