Re: [PATCH v3 00/15] Add vfio_device cdev for iommufd support

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 08:54:19AM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:15:28 +0000
> "Liu, Yi L" <yi.l.liu@intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > > From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 7:22 AM
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 12:47:19PM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > >   
> > > > I think it's too late for v6.3 already, but given this needs at least
> > > > one more spin, let's set expectations of this being v6.4 material.  Thanks,  
> > > 
> > > Please let's continue to try to get this finished during the merge
> > > window, all the other series depend on it. We can manage it with a
> > > shared branch again..
> > >   
> > 
> > Sure. I've updated the below branch to address Kevin's latest remarks.
> > Fixed the compiling failure reported by Alex as well.
> > 
> > https://github.com/yiliu1765/iommufd/commits/vfio_device_cdev_v3
> 
> 
> Sorry, I think this is an abuse of the merge window.  We have a new uAPI
> proposal that's barely a week old and has no reviews or acks other than
> Yi's, we have build configuration issues which suggests a lack of
> testing, we're finding subtle implications to other existing uAPIs, and
> nobody seems to have finished an upstream review, including me.
> 
> Code for the merge window should already be in maintainer trees by now,
> the merge window should be for integration.  There are a lot of things
> in flight and many more review comments coming in than we should see
> for this to be a v6.3 candidate.  Thanks,

Sorry, I ment that we continue to review and try to get this ready for
rc1, not abuse the merge window.

Obviously this cycle is lost.

Jason