Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v8 1/6] vfio: Mediated device Core driver

[Kirti Wankhede]

On 10/11/2016 9:21 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 01:58:32 +0530
> Kirti Wankhede <address@hidden> wrote:
>> ---
>>  drivers/vfio/Kconfig             |   1 +
>>  drivers/vfio/Makefile            |   1 +
>>  drivers/vfio/mdev/Kconfig        |  12 ++
>>  drivers/vfio/mdev/Makefile       |   5 +
>>  drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c    | 363 
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c  | 131 ++++++++++++++
>>  drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h |  41 +++++
>>  drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c   | 295 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/linux/mdev.h             | 178 +++++++++++++++++++
>>  9 files changed, 1027 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/mdev/Kconfig
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/mdev/Makefile
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_driver.c
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c
>>  create mode 100644 include/linux/mdev.h
> 
> 
> Overall this is heading in a good direction.  What kernel is this
> series against?  I could only apply it to v4.7, yet some of the
> dependencies claimed in the cover letter are only in v4.8.  linux-next
> or v4.8 are both good baselines right now, as we move to v4.9-rc
> releases, linux-next probably becomes a better target.
> 

Thanks Alex.

Yes, this series is against kernel v4.7. Patch 1 - 5 gets applied to
linux-next cleanly, patch 6/6 shows conflicts against linux-next.

I'm preparing next version of this patch set against linux-next.

Thanks,
Kirti.


> A few initial comments below, I'll likely have more as I wrap my head
> around it.  Thanks,
> 
> Alex
>