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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 18:15:54 +0300 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> To: Avi Kivity <avi@...udius-systems.com> Cc: Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@...udius-systems.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hjk@...sjkoch.de, corbet@....net, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, bruce.richardson@...el.com, gleb@...udius-systems.com, stephen@...workplumber.org, alexander.duyck@...il.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] uio: add MSI/MSI-X support to uio_pci_generic driver > While it is possible that userspace malfunctions and accidentally programs > MSI incorrectly, the risk is dwarfed by the ability of userspace to program > DMA incorrectly. That seems to imply that for the upstream kernel this is not a valid usecase at all. -- MST -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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