Re: [PATCH V9 mlx5-next 11/15] vfio: Remove migration protocol v1 documentation

Re: [PATCH V9 mlx5-next 11/15] vfio: Remove migration protocol v1 documentation

[Cornelia Huck]

On Thu, Feb 24 2022, Yishai Hadas <yishaih@nvidia.com> wrote:

> From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
>
> v1 was never implemented and is replaced by v2.
>
> The old uAPI documentation is removed from the header file.
>
> The old uAPI definitions are still kept in the header file to ease
> transition for userspace copying these headers. They will be fully
> removed down the road.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
> Tested-by: Shameer Kolothum <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@nvidia.com>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/vfio.h | 200 +-------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 198 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> index 26a66f68371d..fea86061b44e 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/vfio.h
> @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ struct vfio_region_info_cap_type {
>  #define VFIO_REGION_TYPE_PCI_VENDOR_MASK	(0xffff)
>  #define VFIO_REGION_TYPE_GFX                    (1)
>  #define VFIO_REGION_TYPE_CCW			(2)
> -#define VFIO_REGION_TYPE_MIGRATION              (3)
> +#define VFIO_REGION_TYPE_MIGRATION_DEPRECATED   (3)

This means that QEMU will need to do a (simple) rename when it updates
the headers, but that seems easy enough. (cc: to give a heads up.)

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>