linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 02/14] vfio: Update vfio_add_group

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Date:   Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:23:57 +0000
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, cohuck@...hat.com,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        peterx@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 02/14] vfio: Update vfio_add_group_dev() API

On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 08:28:05AM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > Yes, that series puts vfio_device everywhere so APIs like Alex needs
> > to build here become trivial.
> > 
> > The fact we both converged on this same requirement is good
> 
> You're ahead of me in catching up with reviews Christoph, but
> considering stable backports and the motivations for each series, I'd
> expect to initially make the minimal API change and build from there.

Given how many exploitable bugs the work from Jason has found/fixed
I'd rather do it properly.  As most of this will have to be backported
for anyone who cares.