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

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Thu Jan 25 11:57:06 CET 2018


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.




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