linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 00/19] KVM: s390/crypto/vfio: guest dedicated crypto adapters

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Date:   Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:41:29 -0500
From:   Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, freude@...ibm.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
        heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, borntraeger@...ibm.com,
        kwankhede@...dia.com, bjsdjshi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, alex.williamson@...hat.com,
        pmorel@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, alifm@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        mjrosato@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, qemu-s390x@...gnu.org,
        jjherne@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, thuth@...hat.com,
        pasic@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC 00/19] KVM: s390/crypto/vfio: guest dedicated crypto
 adapters

On 11/16/2017 11:49 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:23:25 -0500
> Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> On 11/14/2017 08:57 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>>> On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:39:09 -0400
>>> Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>>>   
>>>> On 10/13/2017 01:38 PM, Tony Krowiak wrote:
>>>> Ping
>>>>> Tony Krowiak (19):
>>>>>      KVM: s390: SIE considerations for AP Queue virtualization
>>>>>      KVM: s390: refactor crypto initialization
>>>>>      s390/zcrypt: new AP matrix bus
>>>>>      s390/zcrypt: create an AP matrix device on the AP matrix bus
>>>>>      s390/zcrypt: base implementation of AP matrix device driver
>>>>>      s390/zcrypt: register matrix device with VFIO mediated device
>>>>>        framework
>>>>>      KVM: s390: introduce AP matrix configuration interface
>>>>>      s390/zcrypt: support for assigning adapters to matrix mdev
>>>>>      s390/zcrypt: validate adapter assignment
>>>>>      s390/zcrypt: sysfs interfaces supporting AP domain assignment
>>>>>      s390/zcrypt: validate domain assignment
>>>>>      s390/zcrypt: sysfs support for control domain assignment
>>>>>      s390/zcrypt: validate control domain assignment
>>>>>      KVM: s390: Connect the AP mediated matrix device to KVM
>>>>>      s390/zcrypt: introduce ioctl access to VFIO AP Matrix driver
>>>>>      KVM: s390: interface to configure KVM guest's AP matrix
>>>>>      KVM: s390: validate input to AP matrix config interface
>>>>>      KVM: s390: New ioctl to configure KVM guest's AP matrix
>>>>>      s390/facilities: enable AP facilities needed by guest
>>> I think the approach is fine, and the code also looks fine for the most
>>> part. Some comments:
>>>
>>> - various patches can be squashed together to give a better
>>>     understanding at a glance
>> Which patches would you squash?
> See the patches. As a rule, I find it more sensible to introduce
> interface + implementation together rather than separate.
The only patch that introduces an interface separate from the implementation
is patch7:

	KVM: s390: introduce AP matrix configuration interface

I've squashed that with patch8, s390/zcrypt: support for assigning adapters to matrix mdev

>
>>> - this needs documentation (as I already said)
>> My plan is to take the cover letter patch and incorporate that into
>> documentation,
>> then replace the cover letter patch with a more concise summary.
> Sounds good.
>
>>> - some of the driver/device modelling feels a bit awkward (commented in
>>>     patches) -- I'm not sure that my proposal is better, but I think we
>>>     should make sure the interdependencies are modeled correctly
>> I am responding to each patch review individually.
>>> - some minor stuff
>>>