linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 07/14] vfio: Add a device notifier interface

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Date:   Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:56:39 +0000
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc:     cohuck@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jgg@...dia.com, peterx@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 07/14] vfio: Add a device notifier interface

On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 02:48:30PM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote:
> Using a vfio device, a notifier block can be registered to receive
> select device events.  Notifiers can only be registered for contained
> devices, ie. they are available through a user context.  Registration
> of a notifier increments the reference to that container context
> therefore notifiers must minimally respond to the release event by
> asynchronously removing notifiers.

Notifiers generally are a horrible multiplexed API.  Can't we just
add a proper method table for the intended communication channel?