linux-kernel - [RFC] Device isolation infrastructure v2

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Date:	Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:25:37 +1100
From:	David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>
To:	alex.williamson@...hat.com
Cc:	aik@...abs.ru, benh@...nel.crashing.org, joerg.roedel@....com,
	dwmw2@...radead.org, chrisw@...hat.com, agraf@...e.de,
	scottwood@...escale.com, B08248@...escale.com,
	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	qemu-devel@...gnu.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC] Device isolation infrastructure v2

Here's the second spin of my preferred approach to handling grouping
of devices for safe assignment to guests.

Changes since v1:
 * Many name changes and file moves for improved consistency
 * Bugfixes and cleanups
 * The interface to the next layer up is considerably fleshed out,
   although it still needs work.
 * Example initialization of groups for p5ioc2 and p7ioc.

TODO:
 * Need sample initialization of groups for intel and/or amd iommus
 * Use of sysfs attributes to control group permission is probably a
   mistake.  Although it seems a bit odd, registering a chardev for
   each group is probably better, because perms can be set from udev
   rules, just like everything else.
 * Need more details of what the binder structure will need to
   contain.
 * Handle complete removal of groups.
 * Clarify what will need to happen on the hot unplug path.

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