Re: [PATCH vhost next 09/10] vdpa/mlx5: Add shared memory registration code

[Jason Wang]

On 2020/7/16 äå4:28, Eli Cohen wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 04:13:21PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> > On 2020/7/16 äå3:23, Eli Cohen wrote:
> > > Add code to support registering guest's memory region for the device.
> >
> > It would be better to use "userspace" memory here since vhost-vDPA
> > could be used by e.g dpdk application on the host in the future.
> How about replaciing "guest's memory" with "address space". It is more
> general and aligns with the with the fact that virio driver can run in
> the guest's kernel.


Probably but note that guest driver is not the only user for this. It 
could be either:

1) Guest virtio driver
2) Userspace virtio driver on the host
3) Kernel virtio driver on the host.

Thanks


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