RE: [PATCH v5 10/19] vfio: Add infrastructure for bind_iommufd from userspace

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



> From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:31 PM
> 
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 06:58:38AM +0000, Liu, Yi L wrote:
> 
> > Seems like pt_id is no more needed in the vfio_iommufd_bind()
> > since it can get compat_ioas_id in the function itself. Cdev path
> > never passes a pt_id to vfio_iommufd_bind() as its attach is done
> > by separate ATTACH ioctl. Can we use the dev_id pointer to indicate
> > if it needs to get the compat ioas and attach it?
> 
> In this case you need to split the group code to also use the two step
> attach and then the attach will take in the null pt_id.

This seems to be the current way in this patch. Right? Group code passes
a pt_id pointer to vfio_iommufd_bind(). While the cdev path just passes
in a null pt_id pointer. Its attach is done later when user gives pt_id.

Regards,
Yi Liu




[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Development]     [Kernel Newbies]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite Info]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [Samba]     [Linux Media]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux