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Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2022 07:19:40 +0100
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To: Lei Rao <lei.rao@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/5] nvme-pci: add function nvme_submit_vf_cmd to
issue admin commands for VF driver.
On Tue, Dec 06, 2022 at 01:58:12PM +0800, Lei Rao wrote:
> The new function nvme_submit_vf_cmd() helps the host VF driver to issue
> VF admin commands. It's helpful in some cases that the host NVMe driver
> does not control VF's admin queue. For example, in the virtualization
> device pass-through case, the VF controller's admin queue is governed
> by the Guest NVMe driver. Host VF driver relies on PF device's admin
> queue to control VF devices like vendor-specific live migration commands.
WTF are you even smoking when you think this would be acceptable?
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