linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] vfio-mdev: Clean namespace and better define ABI

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Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2016 19:31:40 -0700
From:   Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
To:     Jike Song <jike.song@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] vfio-mdev: Clean namespace and better define ABI

On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 10:11:00 +0800
Jike Song <jike.song@...el.com> wrote:

> On 12/22/2016 07:27 AM, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > Cleanup the namespace a bit by prefixing structures with mdev_ and
> > also more concretely define the mdev interface.  Structs with comments
> > defining which fields are private vs public tempts poor behavior,
> > especially for an interface where we expect out of tree vendor drivers.  
> 
> Personally I like this series :)
> 
> Side notes: 1) There is also Documentation to be updated; 2) your mail
> address in Author field is @nuc.home?

Thank you on both points, clearly I wrote these on something other than
my usual system.  Thanks,

Alex

> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > Alex Williamson (4):
> >       vfio-mdev: Remove an unused structure element
> >       vfio-mdev: de-polute the namespace, rename parent_device & parent_ops
> >       vfio-mdev: Make mdev_parent private
> >       vfio-mdev: Make mdev_device private and abstract interfaces
> > 
> > 
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt.c |   22 +++++++------
> >  drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c    |   64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> >  drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h |   28 +++++++++++++++--
> >  drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c   |    8 ++---
> >  drivers/vfio/mdev/vfio_mdev.c    |   12 ++++---
> >  include/linux/mdev.h             |   54 +++++++-------------------------
> >  samples/vfio-mdev/mtty.c         |   28 +++++++++--------
> >  7 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)
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