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=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, 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 75EAFC18E7D for ; Wed, 22 May 2019 09:57:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54EAE2070D for ; Wed, 22 May 2019 09:57:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729022AbfEVJ55 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 May 2019 05:57:57 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:52690 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728527AbfEVJ55 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 May 2019 05:57:57 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E3A023084039; Wed, 22 May 2019 09:57:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gondolin (dhcp-192-213.str.redhat.com [10.33.192.213]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1C04608C2; Wed, 22 May 2019 09:57:53 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 11:57:51 +0200 From: Cornelia Huck To: Parav Pandit Cc: "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "kwankhede@nvidia.com" , "alex.williamson@redhat.com" , "cjia@nvidia.com" Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 1/3] vfio/mdev: Improve the create/remove sequence Message-ID: <20190522115751.104dd381.cohuck@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20190516233034.16407-1-parav@mellanox.com> <20190516233034.16407-2-parav@mellanox.com> Organization: Red Hat GmbH MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.13 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.40]); Wed, 22 May 2019 09:57:56 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 20 May 2019 19:54:59 +0000 Parav Pandit wrote: > Seems 3rd patch will take few more days to settle down with new flag and its review. > Given that fix of 3rd patch is fixing a different race condition, if patch 1 and 2 look ok, shall we move forward with those 2 fixes it in 5.2-rc? > Fixes 1,2 prepare mdev to be usable for non vfio use case for the series we are working on. I think it's fine to merge the first two patches (I've given my R-b.) The only issue I'm aware of is that the vfio-ap code might need some fixes as well; but I'll leave that to the vfio-ap folks to sort out.