On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 10:08:22 -0600 Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Some vendor drivers want an identifier for an mdev device that is > shorter than the UUID, due to length restrictions in the consumers of > that identifier. > > Add a callback that allows a vendor driver to request an alias of a > specified length to be generated for an mdev device. If generated, > that alias is checked for collisions. > > It is an optional attribute. > mdev alias is generated using sha1 from the mdev name. > > Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_core.c | 123 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_private.h | 5 +- > drivers/vfio/mdev/mdev_sysfs.c | 13 ++-- > include/linux/mdev.h | 4 + > 4 files changed, 135 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Is this (or any of the other mdev alias patches) different from what I reviewed in the past?
