Re: [PATCH v5 04/13] s390: vfio-ap: base implementation of VFIO AP device driver

From: Pierre Morel
Date: Wed May 16 2018 - 03:54:59 EST


On 07/05/2018 17:11, Tony Krowiak wrote:
Introduces a new AP device driver. This device driver
is built on the VFIO mediated device framework. The framework
provides sysfs interfaces that facilitate passthrough
access by guests to devices installed on the linux host.
...snip...
+static int vfio_ap_queue_dev_probe(struct ap_device *apdev)
+{

You should take care of the ap devices when they are added or removed
from the matrix.
I suggest you add a remove callback to avoid unbinding a queue while
it is assigned to a guest.

+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void vfio_ap_matrix_dev_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct ap_matrix *ap_matrix = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+ kfree(ap_matrix);
+}
...snip...

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Pierre Morel
Linux/KVM/QEMU in BÃblingen - Germany