[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/3] vfio: use the generic multi-process channel

[Burakov, Anatoly]

On 25-Jan-18 10:57 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 25/01/2018 11:52, Burakov, Anatoly:
>> On 25-Jan-18 10:47 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
>>> 25/01/2018 05:16, Jianfeng Tan:
>>>> Previously, vfio uses its own private channel for the secondary
>>>> process to get container fd and group fd from the primary process.
>>>>
>>>> This patch changes to use the generic mp channel.
>>>
>>> There was a private request to get it in 18.02-rc2.
>>>
>>> I have 3 concerns:
>>> 1/ It is late
>>> 2/ It is not yet reviewed by Anatoly and Konstantin
>>> 3/ We try to not rework the existing code in RC2,
>>> because it would totally invalidate the validation work
>>> done for RC1.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hi Thomas,
>>
>> We can postpone the VFIO patch until 18.05, and integrate only the first
>> two patches. First two patches do not change anything in DPDK, so
>> validation impact should be non-existent.
> 
> Yes, possible if it is well reviewed and all comments addressed.
> 

OK then. Jianfeng, let's drop the VFIO patch for now, and postpone it 
for 18.05?

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Thanks,
Anatoly