Re: [PATCH v4 6/8] vfio/mdev: Add iommu place holders in mdev_device

[Kirti Wankhede]

On 11/21/2018 2:15 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 02:22:08AM +0530, Kirti Wankhede wrote:
>> It is about how mdev framework can be used by existing drivers. These
>> symbols doesn't use any other exported symbols.
> 
> That is an unfortunate accident of history, but doesn't extent to new
> ones.  It also is another inidicator those drivers probably are derived
> works of the Linux kernel and might be in legal trouble one way or
> another.
> 

These symbols are just to associate iommu properties of a physical
device with a mdev device, doesn't include low-level information.

Thanks,	
Kirti