linux-kernel - Re: Request VFIO inclusion in linux-next

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Message-ID: <4FF11855.2060605@ozlabs.ru>
Date:	Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:41:09 +1000
From:	Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	iommu <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	qemu-devel <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>,
	chrisw <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	"Roedel, Joerg" <Joerg.Roedel@....com>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Request VFIO inclusion in linux-next

On 27/06/12 22:37, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:55:52PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> VFIO has been kicking around for well over a year now and has been
>> posted numerous times for review.  The pre-requirements are finally
>> available in linux-next (or will be in the 20120626 build) so I'd like
>> to request a new branch be included in linux-next with a goal of being
>> accepted into v3.6.
>>
> 
> Could you run Sparse over the driver?
> http://lwn.net/Articles/205624/
> 
> It reports a bunch of endian problems.  Some are definitely bugs
> like:
> 	*prev |= cpu_to_le32((u32)epos << 20);


What is wrong here?



-- 
Alexey
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