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Peter Anvin" , Matthew Rosato , Farhan Ali , Eric Farman , Tony Krowiak , Halil Pasic , Jason Herne , Harald Freudenberger , Holger Dengler References: <20260928-vfio-v4-0-e32e226d5932@linux.ibm.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Christian Borntraeger In-Reply-To: <20260928-vfio-v4-0-e32e226d5932@linux.ibm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-Reinject: loops=2 maxloops=12 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details-Enc: AW1haW4tMjYxMDAxMDA0NiBTYWx0ZWRfX9wizbY2YQrSY p4R9W9fU5AO8DzhZF24ezRqd5puW9dPDdp4jIddUN7HurOQrWjZKrlaGtYl/rsVv7tRhHtU0ZNx ZHyJ/ndMRlUFHeLOkjB4CQK9TSEW/kInjONtm3WOXCS4yuWfrMZMqSq+dEjnFhgytKK+iP378zC MyU9K2y8G/nZQO+5j2sNJqXbsh2AhC/kRPMcov+cRPHV/EQg6NPlPt0aX+qSb6axkRe2B3yYjYA w+jIOvG6Yep/90D6jCf4OdCiUjoeTUSDISCvKfGvVVTKhKrM4HyWhBRx3GSVkshPMlHU+h/fD8O OraQOkn/pq+8lyt9i0TLmWh9TjjJP98khLkW6BRjxSYu73XQ2RfAy1vv3HulXMVPS+FJQXfBtRQ P5pDo5msuBTlmgNFBXHKuIyPCIUhLlprVPKJlEvGFHj0yikmZJ7M1rMuRMb2TMYRwUjhkEOq+ZI 4lRxa85UNw50hvxroew== X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=SPbXx+vH c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6abe4b3b cx=c_pps a=bLidbwmWQ0KltjZqbj+ezA==:117 a=bLidbwmWQ0KltjZqbj+ezA==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=660iZSQnnn4A:10 a=VkNPw1HP01LnGYTKEx00:22 a=RnoormkPH1_aCDwRdu11:22 a=uAbxVGIbfxUO_5tXvNgY:22 a=MxQh8XTz93SDlfTJ_6gA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: ciblmQP3G39WiYi525DIXaHGW_DgMlVC X-Proofpoint-Spam-Info: AW1haW4tMjYxMDAxMDA0NiBTYWx0ZWRfX/+7z1MBCt6Rq iF6KMy0QoXQwXcof4uwUVkxPDlBkG0I3VmAT2NwLXXhs1OY9DgjI+FrWadNnqDcBpasNAtXysH+ tIUNfhF/yBTBKzHjdatiz0NRX++/7Fw= X-Proofpoint-GUID: ZCCVuExlKT4JYX-TrbuWiqUmpXqmipoa X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=baseguard engine=ICAP:2.0.293,Aquarius:18.0.1176,Hydra:6.1.134,FMLib:17.12.100.49 definitions=2026-10-01_03,2026-09-21_02,2025-10-01_01 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 priorityscore=1501 suspectscore=0 clxscore=1015 spamscore=0 lowpriorityscore=0 malwarescore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 impostorscore=0 phishscore=0 classifier=typeunknown authscore=0 authtc= authcc= route=outbound adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.22.0-2609040000 definitions=main-2610010046 Am 28.09.26 um 15:07 schrieb Steffen Eiden: > This series switches the KVM-VFIO interface and external consumers over to > standard file-based reference counting, eliminating all external KVM symbol > exports. > Paolo, Alex, I assume this will go over one of your tree? If you want, I can also create a topic branch for you to pick if you prefer that. Christian [...]