linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: MMU: support VMAs that got remap_pfn

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jul 2016 13:48:24 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>,
	Neo Jia <cjia@...dia.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: MMU: support VMAs that got remap_pfn_range-ed



On 06/07/2016 06:02, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> May I ask you what the exact issue you have with this interface for
>>>> Intel to support
>>>> your own GPU virtualization?
>>>
>>> Intel's vGPU can work with this framework. We really appreciate your
>>> / nvidia's
>>> contribution.
>>
>> Then, I don't think we should embargo Paolo's patch.
> 
> This patchset is specific for the framework design, i.e, mapping memory when
> fault happens rather than mmap(), and this design is exact what we are
> discussing for nearly two days.

I disagree, this patch fixes a bug because what Neo is doing is legal.
It may not be the design that will be committed, but the bug they found
in KVM is real.

Paolo