linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 01/14] vfio: Create vfio_fs

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Date:   Fri, 9 Apr 2021 14:32:16 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc:     "Zengtao (B)" <prime.zeng@...ilicon.com>,
        "cohuck@...hat.com" <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "peterx@...hat.com" <peterx@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 01/14] vfio: Create vfio_fs_type with inode per device

On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 08:24:00AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:

> > >  #define DRIVER_VERSION	"0.3"
> > >  #define DRIVER_AUTHOR	"Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>"
> > >  #define DRIVER_DESC	"VFIO - User Level meta-driver"
> > > 
> > > +#define VFIO_MAGIC 0x5646494f /* "VFIO" */  
> > Move to include/uapi/linux/magic.h ? 
> 
> Hmm, yeah, I suppose it probably should go there.  Thanks.

>From my review we haven't been doing that unless it is actually uapi
relavent for some reason (this is not)

In particular with CH having a patch series to eliminate all of these
cases and drop the constants..

Jason