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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> <0c5fe5c2-4ab8-4d1f-a36a-84a8fd136160@linux.ibm.com> <20261001114605.4167fa97@shazbot.org> Content-Language: en-US From: Christian Borntraeger In-Reply-To: <20261001114605.4167fa97@shazbot.org> 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: AW1haW4tMjYxMDAyMDAzNCBTYWx0ZWRfX/6KEh0Kg7vQZ Ejn42GXe/R33AVdqyrtmqDg6Bs3RQRqwR6dQs9GlfkCgyWT3C8Z6oTZMr8eUwtCNentJgx7E3ur SAy6mX1uBr76eH3Of1kfRej/nutxNJZOyC5XAxLpINXFnfN5540M/Ikt1N0YzD3U7OVrzkpewFh BvRcZJeBKYnw/pvZxPWwDWmHIaiDRNSlmlCZlWAVUIXdykqTI1pR2gvNUtBxdiUcwL2vc4IRdGN fkb57j6zdDnt1FotsentXLWl3JbdfQFRVUCY/F7As+oRPjYIAV6HeHBlM4DN9dNRi5GtJR77HDx VVOJW1tf1waDqywTsynEuiGcn4lWw1vJfgoWn/PznJTcjPlH7V/n0ag8+bBBGPvQcW99/4U/53Z 4zmX0e/2QL17ST10zTPTPI8ZBzd+nnXj8soF/OX560gQ1pdGAjJY8t728WEMH87YAyxAIu40bKi 0h/8szBQzyTK9kIVrWw== X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=SPbXx+vH c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6abf6fed 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=VwQbUJbxAAAA:8 a=VnNF1IyMAAAA:8 a=Ob27xsy4tWdsBe0VFbsA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-Proofpoint-ORIG-GUID: 64O6DfnnpyIPalxSFbSOdln8eaXMudiH X-Proofpoint-Spam-Info: AW1haW4tMjYxMDAyMDAzNCBTYWx0ZWRfX7IiNPD8xQvsv Zv0zRMMe/2BshVYwBqqSFZa5hKwmxLq1fJ9e+12bnT86R/I1wmM4aGyqBSPvrkuqdhDdz2Nrtx+ 87EQD77EfUt8569tPQq8XI2OAKEQtC0= X-Proofpoint-GUID: 39qc0EAb6yRVTfJfZo3I5-uWmZ6ohE1W 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=2026-10-02_02,2026-10-01_01,2025-10-01_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-2610020034 Am 01.10.26 um 19:46 schrieb Alex Williamson: > On Thu, 1 Oct 2026 13:59:49 +0200 > Christian Borntraeger wrote: > >> 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. > > It's a KVM focused change, vfio is collateral, so I'd defer to Paolo. > I don't believe I have anything pending that conflicts, it applies > cleanly against current vfio next branch, but a shared branch is always > a nice hedge. Thanks, > > Alex So I - applied these patches on top of 7.3-rc2 - removed _safe from vfio_device_get_kvm_safe - created a topic branch at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvms390/linux.git/log/?h=vfio_file_reference Paolo, unless you want to take it yourself, I will merge this into kvms390/next and schedule this for the next merge window. ok? Christian