Re: [PATCH v2] vfio-pci: Provide reviewers and acceptance criteria for vendor drivers

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Mon Mar 14 2022 - 15:43:00 EST


Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Vendor or device specific extensions for devices exposed to userspace
> through the vfio-pci-core library open both new functionality and new
> risks. Here we attempt to provided formalized requirements and
> expectations to ensure that future drivers both collaborate in their
> interaction with existing host drivers, as well as receive additional
> reviews from community members with experience in this area.
>
> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Shameer Kolothum <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

One thing...

> .../vfio/vfio-pci-vendor-driver-acceptance.rst | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++
> MAINTAINERS | 10 ++++++
> 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)

If you add a new RST file, you need to add it to an index.rst somewhere
so that it becomes part of the kernel docs build.

Also, though: can we avoid creating a new top-level documentation
directory for just this file? It seems like it would logically be a
part of the maintainers guide (Documentation/maintainer) ... ?

Thanks,

jon