linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 15/21] PCI: Make PCI saved state and capability structs public

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Message-ID: <20251022175335.GF21554@ziepe.ca>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:53:35 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To: Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 15/21] PCI: Make PCI saved state and capability
 structs public

On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 04:49:34PM -0700, Vipin Sharma wrote:

> May be serialization and deserialization logic can be put in PCI and
> that way it can stay in PCI?

This does seem better

vfio should call something and get back a token it can store.

Jason