Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM

[Christian Borntraeger]

Am 02.10.26 um 10:48 schrieb Christian Borntraeger:
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> > > Am 28.09.26 um 15:07 schrieb Steffen Eiden:
> > > > This series switches the KVM-VFIO interface and external consumers over to
> > > > standard file-based reference counting, eliminating all external KVM symbol
> > > > exports.
> > >
> > > Paolo, Alex,
> > >
> > > I assume this will go over one of your tree? If you want, I can also create a topic branch
> > > for you to pick if you prefer that.
> >
> > It's a KVM focused change, vfio is collateral, so I'd defer to Paolo.
> > I don't believe I have anything pending that conflicts, it applies
> > cleanly against current vfio next branch, but a shared branch is always
> > a nice hedge.  Thanks,
> >
> > Alex
>
> So I
> - applied these patches on top of 7.3-rc2
> - removed _safe from vfio_device_get_kvm_safe
> - created a topic branch at
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvms390/linux.git/log/?h=vfio_file_reference
>
> Paolo,
> unless you want to take it yourself, I will merge this into kvms390/next and schedule this for
> the next merge window.
> ok?
Its now part of linux-next 20261006. In case of future non-trivial conflicts before the next merge
window, feel free to pull in the topic branch and resolve it that way.

Christian