linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH V3 2/4] misc: vop: do not allocate and reassign the used ring

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Date:   Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:29:23 +0000
From:   Sherry Sun <sherry.sun@....com>
To:     "Dutt, Sudeep" <sudeep.dutt@...el.com>,
        "vincent.whitchurch@...s.com" <vincent.whitchurch@...s.com>
CC:     dl-linux-imx <linux-imx@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "hch@...radead.org" <hch@...radead.org>,
        "kishon@...com" <kishon@...com>,
        "lorenzo.pieralisi@....com" <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Dixit, Ashutosh" <ashutosh.dixit@...el.com>,
        "arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V3 2/4] misc: vop: do not allocate and reassign the used
 ring

Hi Sudeep,

> Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/4] misc: vop: do not allocate and reassign the used
> ring
> 
> On Wed, 2020-10-28 at 01:47 +0000, Sherry Sun wrote:
> > Hi Vincent,
> >
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 2/4] misc: vop: do not allocate and reassign
> > > the used ring
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 08:05:43AM +0100, Sherry Sun wrote:
> > > > Can you help test the patch about removing the codes of reassign
> > > > used ring, and comment on the impact for Intel MIC platform?
> > > > Thanks for any help.
> > >
> > > I don't have access to MIC hardware myself, either.
> > >
> > > But this patch is quite certainly going to break it since guests
> > > using a kernel without the patch will not work with hosts with a
> > > kernel with the patch.
> >
> > Thanks for your reply.
> > This patch can be used by both guests and hosts.
> > I have tested it on imx8qm platform(both guest and host are ARM64
> > architecture), and it works well.
> > So I guess Intel MIC won't meet big problems when both guest and
> 
> Hi Greg/Sherry,
> 
> Both Ashutosh and I have moved on to other projects. The MIC devices have
> been discontinued. I have just sent across a patch to remove the MIC drivers
> from the kernel tree.
> 
> We are very glad to see that Sherry is able to reuse some of the VOP logic
> and it is working well. It is best if the MIC drivers are removed so Sherry can
> add the specific VOP logic required for imx8qm subsequently without having
> to worry about other driver dependencies.
> Hoping this results in a cleaner imx8qm driver moving forward.

I'm ok with your patch.
Since you have deprecated the MIC related code, may I ask do you have a better solution instead of vop/scif?

Best regards
Sherry 
> 
> Thanks,
> Sudeep Dutt