linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] vfio-pci: Provide reviewers and acceptance criteria for variant drivers

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Date:   Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:12:14 -0600
From:   Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jgg@...dia.com,
        shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com, kevin.tian@...el.com,
        yishaih@...dia.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] vfio-pci: Provide reviewers and acceptance criteria
 for variant drivers

On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:10:27 -0600
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:

> Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com> writes:
> 
> > Device specific extensions for devices exposed to userspace through
> > the vfio-pci-core library open both new functionality and new risks.
> > Here we attempt to provided formalized requirements and expectations
> > to ensure that future drivers both collaborate in their interaction
> > with existing host drivers, as well as receive additional reviews
> > from community members with experience in this area.
> >
> > Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
> > Acked-by: Shameer Kolothum <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...dia.com>
> > Acked-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>  
> 
> So this seems fine to me.  Did you want it to go through the docs tree,
> or did you have another path in mind for it?

Thanks, Jon.  I can bring it in through the vfio tree if that works for
you.  Thanks,

Alex