linux-kernel - RE: [RFC PATCH 0/7] vfio/pci: SR-IOV support

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Date:   Wed, 5 Feb 2020 07:57:36 +0000
From:   "Liu, Yi L" <yi.l.liu@...el.com>
To:     Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "dev@...k.org" <dev@...k.org>,
        "mtosatti@...hat.com" <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
        "thomas@...jalon.net" <thomas@...jalon.net>,
        "bluca@...ian.org" <bluca@...ian.org>,
        "jerinjacobk@...il.com" <jerinjacobk@...il.com>,
        "Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@...el.com>,
        "cohuck@...hat.com" <cohuck@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH 0/7] vfio/pci: SR-IOV support

> From: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 7:18 AM
> To: kvm@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] vfio/pci: SR-IOV support
> 
> 
> Promised example QEMU test case...
> 
> commit 3557c63bcb286c71f3f7242cad632edd9e297d26
> Author: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
> Date:   Tue Feb 4 13:47:41 2020 -0700
> 
>     vfio-pci: QEMU support for vfio-pci VF tokens
> 
>     Example support for using a vf_token to gain access to a device as
>     well as using the VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE interface to set the VF token.
>     Note that the kernel will disregard the additional option where it's
>     not required, such as opening the PF with no VF users, so we can
>     always provide it.
> 
>     NB. It's unclear whether there's value to this QEMU support without
>     further exposure of SR-IOV within a VM.  This is meant mostly as a
>     test case where the real initial users will likely be DPDK drivers.
> 
>     Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>

Just curious how UUID is used across the test. Should the QEMU
which opens VFs add the vfio_token=UUID or the QEMU which
opens PF add the vfio_token=UUID? or both should add vfio_token=UUID.

Regards,
Yi Liu