From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
To: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:38:11 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918153811.GE11599@ziepe.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918134543.84754-B-seiden@linux.ibm.com>
On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 03:45:43PM +0200, Steffen Eiden wrote:
> I sent the changes incorporated in the main series[1] in 5 patches:
>
> KVM: Introduce file_to_kvm_<arch>() infrastructure - adds the macros
> KVM: Add file back-pointer to struct kvm - adds the file field
> KVM: x86: Use file_to_kvm_x86() in SEV
> KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM - the swotch in one go
> KVM: Restrict kvm_get_kvm/kvm_put_kvm export to internal KVM modules
>
> I needed to do the switch in one go (i.e. merge 5->3) otherwhise
> there would be conflicts.
It seems to me many people want this vfio conversion, can it try to go
this cycle? IDK if it can meet that linked to the s390 stuff?
Jason
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 15:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 8:16 Steffen Eiden
2026-09-03 17:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-09-18 13:45 ` Steffen Eiden
2026-09-18 15:38 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
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