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

From: Alex Williamson
Date: Thu Mar 17 2022 - 12:04:01 EST


On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 11:29:57 -0600
Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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>
> ---
...>
> Documentation/driver-api/index.rst | 1 +
> .../vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance.rst | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++
> .../maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst | 1 +
> MAINTAINERS | 10 ++++++
> 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/driver-api/vfio-pci-device-specific-driver-acceptance.rst

Applied to vfio next branch for v5.18 with Jason and Connie's sign-offs.
Thanks,

Alex