Re: [PATCH vfio 10/11] vfio/virtio: Expose admin commands over virtio device

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On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 09:18:49AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> The simple way to be sure is to never touch the PCI function that has
> DMA assigned to a VM from the hypervisor, except through config space.

What makes config space different that it's safe though?
Isn't this more of a "we can't avoid touching config space" than
that it's safe? The line doesn't look that bright to me -
if there's e.g. a memory area designed explicitly for
hypervisor to poke at, that seems fine.

-- 
MST




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