Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] vfio: Add alias region uapi for device feature
From: Mahmoud Nagy Adam
Date: Sun Oct 05 2025 - 06:17:17 EST
David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM Mahmoud Adam <mngyadam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> This adds two new region flags:
>> - VFIO_REGION_INFO_FLAG_ALIAS: set on alias regions.
>> - VFIO_REGION_INFO_FLAG_WC: indicates WC is in effect for that region.
>
> Once you settle on a uAPI, this would be a good candidate for some
> VFIO selftests coverage [1][2].
Yup, I was planning to do that after seeing the new addition of vfio
selftests. I have already a small test that I use for testing this. I
can clean it up & port it to fit in the vfio selftest, once there is
some momentum on this series. Thanks David.
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