From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kirti Wankhede Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/6] vfio: Mediated device Core driver Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 01:43:37 +0530 Message-ID: <5ddc5bf3-c90b-f926-b6de-66cb4e4ef105@nvidia.com> References: <1476131317-358-1-git-send-email-kwankhede@nvidia.com> <1476131317-358-2-git-send-email-kwankhede@nvidia.com> <20161010215149.2667852e@t450s.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: , , , , , , , To: Alex Williamson Return-path: Received: from hqemgate14.nvidia.com ([216.228.121.143]:10908 "EHLO hqemgate14.nvidia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752228AbcJKUOO (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Oct 2016 16:14:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20161010215149.2667852e@t450s.home> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 10/11/2016 9:21 AM, Alex Williamson wrote: > On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 01:58:32 +0530 > Kirti Wankhede 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 >