linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] VFIO driver: Non-privileged user level PCI drivers

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Date:	Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:04:53 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Tom Lyon <pugs@...co.com>
CC:	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, chrisw@...s-sol.org, joro@...tes.org,
	hjk@...utronix.de, mst@...hat.com, gregkh@...e.de,
	aafabbri@...co.com, scofeldm@...co.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] VFIO driver: Non-privileged user level PCI drivers

On 06/09/2010 12:21 AM, Tom Lyon wrote:
> The VFIO "driver" is used to allow privileged AND non-privileged processes to
> implement user-level device drivers for any well-behaved PCI, PCI-X, and PCIe
> devices.
> 	Signed-off-by: Tom Lyon<pugs@...co.com>
> ---
> This version now requires an IOMMU domain to be set before any access to
> device registers is granted (except that config space may be read).  In
> addition, the VFIO_DMA_MAP_ANYWHERE is dropped - it used the dma_map_sg API
> which does not have sufficient controls around IOMMU usage.  The IOMMU domain
> is obtained from the 'uiommu' driver which is included in this patch.
>
> Various locking, security, and documentation issues have also been fixed.
>
> Please commit - it or me!
> But seriously, who gets to commit this? Avi for KVM?

Definitely not me.

> or GregKH for drivers?
>    

I guess.

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