Re: [PATCH] vfio: selftests: Add luuid to libvfio.mk's list of libraries, not to the Makefile

[Alex Williamson]

On Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:44:07 +0000
David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2026-06-30 02:28 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Link to the uuid library as part of libvfio.mk instead of as only linking
> > it via VFIO selftests' Makefile, as the whole point of providing libvfio.mk
> > is to allow linking the VFIO library functionality into KVM selftests,
> > without KVM selftests having to know the gory details or duplicate code.
> > 
> > Cc: Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Alex Williamson <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Fixes: e65f1bf8a2db ("vfio: selftests: Extend container/iommufd setup for passing vf_token")
> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>  
> 
> Reviewed-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> > ---
> > 
> > I would either like to land this in 7.2-rcN (ideally rc2 or rc3), or take it
> > through the KVM x86 tree for 7.3, as it's blocking a KVM selftest[*] that's
> > been in the works for more than a year.  I can throw the IRQ selftest in its
> > own topic branch, so even 7.2-rc5 would be "fine", but I would much prefer to
> > get this (or an equivalent fix) into Linus' tree sooner than later.
> > 
> > [*] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260626213534.3866178-1-seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx  
> 
> Sounds good to me. Alex can we take this in one of the next RCs?

I'm intending a pull request this week with the bitfield and module
option latching fixes that are currently in linux-next, I'll pull this
into that as well.  Thanks,

Alex