RE: [RFC v2 07/11] vfio: Swap order of vfio_device_container_register() and open_device()

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> From: Liu, Yi L <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2022 8:27 PM
> 
> This makes the DMA unmap callback registration to container be consistent
> across the vfio iommufd compat mode and the legacy container mode.
> 
> In the vfio iommufd compat mode, this registration is done in the
> vfio_iommufd_bind() when creating access which has an unmap callback.
> This
> is prior to calling the open_device() op provided by mdev driver. While,
> in the vfio legacy mode, the registration is done by
> vfio_device_container_register() and it is after open_device(). By swapping
> the order of vfio_device_container_register() and open_device(), the two
> modes have the consistent order for the DMA unmap callback registration.

let's mark out that existing drivers have been converted to be OK with
this order swap in Jason's series.

> 
> This also prepares for further splitting group specific code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yi Liu <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>




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