netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v3 1/5] Add kernel headers

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Message-ID: <abc71731-012e-eaa4-0274-5347fc99c249@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 3 Feb 2021 18:37:22 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        stephen@...workplumber.org, mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v3 1/5] Add kernel headers

On 2/2/21 3:35 AM, Parav Pandit wrote:
> Add kernel headers to commit from kernel tree [1].
>    79991caf5202c7 ("vdpa_sim_net: Add support for user supported devices")
> 
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost.git branch: linux-next
> 

Thinking about this flow a bit more: If new features to
uapi/linux/vdpa.h are coming through Michael's tree which is not sent
via net-next, then I think this header needs to be managed like the rdma
uapi files. In that case it should be added to iproute2 as
vdpa/include/uapi/linux and you / vdpa dev's will be responsible for
managing updates. In general, this should not be a trend, but seems to
be needed since vdpa is more than just a networking tool.