Re: [PATCH v1] s390/vfio-ap: Signal eventfd when guest AP configuration is changed

Alexander Gordeev
2025-02-11T07:58:42Z

On Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 09:12:27AM -0500, Rorie Reyes wrote:

Hi Rorie,

> On 2/6/25 2:40 AM, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 12:47:55PM -0500, Anthony Krowiak wrote:
> > > > > How this patch is synchronized with the mentioned QEMU series?
> > > > > What is the series status, especially with the comment from Cédric
> > > > > Le Goater [1]?
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250107184354.91079-1-rreyes@linux.ibm.com/T/#mb0d37909c5f69bdff96289094ac0bad0922a7cce
...
> > > I don't think that is what Alex was asking. I believe he is asking how the
> > > QEMU and kernel patch series are going to be synchronized.
> > > Given the kernel series changes a value in vfio.h which is used by QEMU, the
> > > two series need to be coordinated since the vfio.h file
> > > used by QEMU can not be updated until the kernel code is available. So these
> > > two sets of code have
> > > to be merged upstream during a merge window. which is different for the
> > > kernel and QEMU. At least I think that is what Alex is asking.
> > Correct.
> > Thanks for the clarification, Anthony!
>
> Tony, thank you for the back up!
>
> Alexander, is there anything else you need from my end for clarification?

The original question still stays - is it safe to pull this patch now,
before the corresponding QEMU change is integrated?

Thanks!