Re: [PATCH 0/6] features provisioning fixes and mlx5_vdpa support

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Thu Feb 02 2023 - 12:31:43 EST


On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 03:22:01PM -0800, Si-Wei Liu wrote:
> This patchset is pre-requisite to export and provision device
> config attributes and features for vdpa live migration, in a way
> backward and forward compatibility can be retained. The follow up
> work [1] will need to be built around the new feature provisioning
> uAPI, with which it's easier to formalize migration compatibility
> support at the driver level.
>
> Thanks,
> -Siwei
>
> [1] [PATCH v3 0/4] vDPA: initial config export via "vdpa dev show"
> https://lore.kernel.org/virtualization/1666392237-4042-1-git-send-email-si-wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx/

1-6 look like bugfixes right?

> ---
>
> Si-Wei Liu (6):
> vdpa: fix improper error message when adding vdpa dev
> vdpa: conditionally read STATUS in config space
> vdpa: validate provisioned device features against specified attribute
> virtio: VIRTIO_DEVICE_F_MASK for all per-device features
> vdpa: validate device feature provisioning against supported class
> vdpa/mlx5: support device features provisioning
>
> drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 72 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
> drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c | 98 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> include/uapi/linux/virtio_config.h | 8 ++++
> 3 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
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> 1.8.3.1