Re: [PATCH v4] vfio-pci: Provide reviewers and acceptance criteria for variant drivers

From: Alex Williamson
Date: Wed Mar 16 2022 - 17:12:23 EST


On Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:10:27 -0600
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Device specific extensions for devices exposed to userspace through
> > the vfio-pci-core library open both new functionality and new risks.
> > Here we attempt to provided formalized requirements and expectations
> > to ensure that future drivers both collaborate in their interaction
> > with existing host drivers, as well as receive additional reviews
> > from community members with experience in this area.
> >
> > Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Shameer Kolothum <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> So this seems fine to me. Did you want it to go through the docs tree,
> or did you have another path in mind for it?

Thanks, Jon. I can bring it in through the vfio tree if that works for
you. Thanks,

Alex