linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] powerpc: pSeries: vfio: iommu: Re-enable support for SPAPR TCE VFIO

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Message-ID: <20240506174357.GF901876@ziepe.ca>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 14:43:57 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To: Shivaprasad G Bhat <sbhat@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@....com>, mpe@...erman.id.au,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] powerpc: pSeries: vfio: iommu: Re-enable
 support for SPAPR TCE VFIO

On Sat, May 04, 2024 at 12:33:53AM +0530, Shivaprasad G Bhat wrote:
> We have legacy workloads using VFIO in userspace/kvm guests running
> on downstream distro kernels. We want these workloads to be able to
> continue running on our arch.

It has been broken since 2018, I don't find this reasoning entirely
reasonable :\

> I firmly believe the refactoring in this patch series is a step in
> that direction.

But fine, as long as we are going to fix it. PPC really needs this to
be resolved to keep working.

Jason