On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 03:40:44AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote: > > From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 4:08 AM > > > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 02:05:13AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote: > > > A side open is about the maintenance model of iommufd. > > > > > > This series proposes to put its files under drivers/iommu/, while the > > > logic is relatively self-contained compared to other files in that directory. > > > > > > Joerg, do you plan to do same level of review on this series as you did > > > for other iommu patches or prefer to a lighter model with trust on the > > > existing reviewers in this area (mostly VFIO folks, moving forward also > > > include vdpa, uacces, etc.)? > > > > From my view, I don't get the sense the Joerg is interested in > > maintaining this, so I was expecting to have to PR this to Linus on > > its own (with the VFIO bits) and a new group would carry it through > > the initial phases. > > I'm fine with this model if it also matches Joerg's thought. > > Then we need add a "X: drivers/iommu/iommufd" line under IOMMU > SUBSYSTEM in the MAINTAINERS file. The maintainers file is fine to have a new stanza: +IOMMU FD +M: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> +M: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx> +L: iommu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +S: Maintained +F: Documentation/userspace-api/iommufd.rst +F: drivers/iommu/iommufd/ +F: include/uapi/linux/iommufd.h +F: include/linux/iommufd.h It says who to send patches to for review.. Jason
