From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-13.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0965C433E1 for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:13:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [112.213.38.117]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 539946198B for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:13:15 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 539946198B Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from boromir.ozlabs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F3ygF57rjz30JD for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 02:13:13 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=korg header.b=I4suPRlq; dkim-atps=neutral Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=linuxfoundation.org (client-ip=198.145.29.99; helo=mail.kernel.org; envelope-from=gregkh@linuxfoundation.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=korg header.b=I4suPRlq; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F3yfn3Wm8z2xgN for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2021 02:12:47 +1100 (AEDT) Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B2B9861990; Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:12:44 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1616425965; bh=XaGJOXpYJ2i+MQsioxl6Tg28Kym8UEMe4b4RpcUBm8U=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=I4suPRlqsJeGbJ3kRh4ME6/eP0O/yqXU+Rr96XxgbYcvuIrIDXw4eyoxUAx3shFY3 EKQL2w6YUEMhzsE51MWi0icihMdRehucbnlG5qw1sdZzfAj/vvYpPzhT2/9Vzwoh7k dHoP/0Vx5qwqfEnfs1Yzmdpu1roVfSG7U9Med5yw= Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:12:42 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: remove the nvlink2 pci_vfio subdriver Message-ID: References: <20210322150155.797882-1-hch@lst.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210322150155.797882-1-hch@lst.de> X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Jason Gunthorpe , kvm@vger.kernel.org, David Airlie , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, Alex Williamson , Paul Mackerras , Daniel Vetter , linux-api@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 04:01:53PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Hi all, > > the nvlink2 vfio subdriver is a weird beast. It supports a hardware > feature without any open source component - what would normally be > the normal open source userspace that we require for kernel drivers, > although in this particular case user space could of course be a > kernel driver in a VM. It also happens to be a complete mess that > does not properly bind to PCI IDs, is hacked into the vfio_pci driver > and also pulles in over 1000 lines of code always build into powerpc > kernels that have Power NV support enabled. Because of all these > issues and the lack of breaking userspace when it is removed I think > the best idea is to simply kill. > > Diffstat: > arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/npu-dma.c | 705 --------------------------- > b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h | 3 > b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci-bridge.h | 1 > b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pci.h | 7 > b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Makefile | 2 > b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/opal-call.c | 2 > b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c | 185 ------- > b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci.c | 11 > b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci.h | 17 > b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/pci.c | 23 > b/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig | 6 > b/drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile | 1 > b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c | 18 > b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_private.h | 14 > b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h | 40 - > drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_nvlink2.c | 490 ------------------ > 16 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1517 deletions(-) I thought this was supposed to be removed a few years ago! Anyway, no objection from me: Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman