RE: [PATCH 2/2] docs: vfio: Update vfio.rst per latest interfaces

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> From: Tian, Kevin <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 3, 2023 12:08 PM
> 
> > From: Liu, Yi L <yi.l.liu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2023 4:02 PM
> >
> >
> >  VFIO bus drivers, such as vfio-pci make use of only a few interfaces
> >  into VFIO core.  When devices are bound and unbound to the driver,
> > -the driver should call vfio_register_group_dev() and
> > -vfio_unregister_group_dev() respectively::
> > +the driver should call vfio_register_group_dev() or
> > +vfio_register_emulated_iommu_dev() and vfio_unregister_group_dev()
> > +respectively::
> 
> No need to duplicate every function name with the below list. Probably
> just say that "Following interfaces are called when devices are bound
> to and unbound from the driver:"

Got it.

> 
> > +in the vfio_register_group_dev() or
> vfio_register_emulated_iommu_dev()
> > +call above.  This allows the bus driver to obtain its private data using
> > +container_of().
> > +- The init/release callbacks are issued in the drivers's structure allocation
> > +  and put.
> 
> "issued when vfio_device is initialized and released"

Got it.

> > +- The open/close_device callbacks are issued when a new file descriptor
> is
> > +  created for a device (via VFIO_GROUP_GET_DEVICE_FD).
> > +- The ioctl interface provides a direct pass through for VFIO_DEVICE_*
> ioctls.
> > +- The [un]bind_iommufd callbacks are issued when the device is bound to
> > iommufd.
> > +  'unbound' is implied if iommufd is being used.
> 
> I didn't get what the last sentence tries to say

Oops, it is a rebase error. ☹ removed.

Regards,
Yi Liu




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