RE: [RFC PATCH v3 1/3] vGPU Core driver

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Hi, Kirti/Neo, any response for below comment?

> From: Tian, Kevin
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 10:59 AM
> 
> > From: Alex Williamson
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 6:44 AM
> > > +/**
> > > + * struct gpu_device_ops - Structure to be registered for each physical GPU to
> > > + * register the device to vgpu module.
> > > + *
> > > + * @owner:			The module owner.
> > > + * @dev_attr_groups:		Default attributes of the physical device.
> > > + * @vgpu_attr_groups:		Default attributes of the vGPU device.
> > > + * @vgpu_supported_config:	Called to get information about supported vgpu
> types.
> > > + *				@dev : pci device structure of physical GPU.
> > > + *				@config: should return string listing supported config
> > > + *				Returns integer: success (0) or error (< 0)
> > > + * @vgpu_create:		Called to allocate basic resouces in graphics
> 
> It's redundant to have vgpu prefixed to every op here. Same comment
> for later sysfs node.
> 
> > > + *				driver for a particular vgpu.
> > > + *				@dev: physical pci device structure on which vgpu
> > > + *				      should be created
> > > + *				@uuid: VM's uuid for which VM it is intended to
> > > + *				@instance: vgpu instance in that VM
> 
> I didn't quite get @instance here. Is it whatever vendor specific format
> to indicate a vgpu?
> 
> > > + *				@vgpu_params: extra parameters required by GPU driver.
> > > + *				Returns integer: success (0) or error (< 0)
> > > + * @vgpu_destroy:		Called to free resources in graphics driver for
> > > + *				a vgpu instance of that VM.
> > > + *				@dev: physical pci device structure to which
> > > + *				this vgpu points to.
> > > + *				@uuid: VM's uuid for which the vgpu belongs to.
> > > + *				@instance: vgpu instance in that VM
> > > + *				Returns integer: success (0) or error (< 0)
> > > + *				If VM is running and vgpu_destroy is called that
> > > + *				means the vGPU is being hotunpluged. Return error
> > > + *				if VM is running and graphics driver doesn't
> > > + *				support vgpu hotplug.
> > > + * @vgpu_start:			Called to do initiate vGPU initialization
> > > + *				process in graphics driver when VM boots before
> > > + *				qemu starts.
> > > + *				@uuid: VM's UUID which is booting.
> > > + *				Returns integer: success (0) or error (< 0)
> > > + * @vgpu_shutdown:		Called to teardown vGPU related resources for
> > > + *				the VM
> > > + *				@uuid: VM's UUID which is shutting down .
> > > + *				Returns integer: success (0) or error (< 0)
> 
> Can you give some specific example about difference between destroy
> and shutdown? Want to map it correctly into our side, e.g. whether we
> need implement both or just one of them.
> 
> Another optional op is 'stop', allowing physical device to stop scheduling
> vGPU including wait for in-flight DMA done. It would be useful to support
> VM live migration with vGPU assigned.
> 
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