linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 00/10] Introduce VDUSE

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Date:   Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:12:09 +0100
From:   Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
To:     Xie Yongji <xieyongji@...edance.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/10] Introduce VDUSE - vDPA Device in Userspace

On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 10:13:21PM +0800, Xie Yongji wrote:
> This series introduces a framework that makes it possible to implement
> software-emulated vDPA devices in userspace. And to make it simple, the
> emulated vDPA device's control path is handled in the kernel and only the
> data path is implemented in the userspace.

This looks interesting. Unfortunately I don't have enough time to do a
full review, but I looked at the documentation and uapi header file to
give feedback on the userspace ABI.

Stefan

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