Re: [PATCH 06/12] vfio/ap_ops: Convert to use vfio_register_group_dev()

Tony Krowiak
2021-05-05T16:28:33Z

On 5/3/21 4:14 PM, Tony Krowiak wrote:
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> Up to this point, the onus for ensuring the proper procedure
> is followed when managing pass-through crypto devices
> for a KVM guest is left to the system administrator. In
> other words, we don't prevent an admin from shooting
> him/herself in the foot when doing things such as removing
> an mdev while a KVM guest is using it. With this in mind,
> I will handle this case in the follow-on patches implementing
> dynamic AP configuration support for KVM guests.

Change of plans: Based upon my exchanges with Jason, I have
decided to create a patch specifically to do the cleanup in
the mdev remove callback regardless of whether a KVM guest
is using the mdev or not.

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