Re: [RFC] /dev/ioasid uAPI proposal

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Wed Jun 09 2021 - 07:58:04 EST


On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 02:49:32AM +0000, Tian, Kevin wrote:

> Last unclosed open. Jason, you dislike symbol_get in this contract per
> earlier comment. As Alex explained, looks it's more about module
> dependency which is orthogonal to how this contract is designed. What
> is your opinion now?

Generally when you see symbol_get like this it suggests something is
wrong in the layering..

Why shouldn't kvm have a normal module dependency on drivers/iommu?

Jason