Re: [PATCH vfio 11/11] vfio/virtio: Introduce a vfio driver over virtio devices

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On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 09:23:28AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 05:47:23AM -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> 
> > it will require maintainance effort when virtio changes are made.  For
> > example it pokes at the device state - I don't see specific races right
> > now but in the past we did e.g. reset the device to recover from errors
> > and we might start doing it again.
> > 
> > If more of the logic is under virtio directory where we'll remember
> > to keep it in loop, and will be able to reuse it from vdpa
> > down the road, I would be more sympathetic.
> 
> This is inevitable, the VFIO live migration driver will need all this
> infrastructure too.
> 
> Jason
>  

I am not sure what you are saying and what is inevitable.
VDPA for sure will want live migration support.  I am not at all
sympathetic to efforts that want to duplicate that support for virtio
under VFIO. Put it in a library under the virtio directory,
with a sane will documented interface.
I don't maintain VFIO and Alex can merge what he wants,
but I won't merge patches that export virtio internals in a way
that will make virtio maintainance harder.

-- 
MST

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