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

From: Kirti Wankhede
Date: Tue Nov 20 2018 - 15:52:30 EST




On 11/16/2018 2:27 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 09:20:48AM +0800, Lu Baolu wrote:
>>> Please keep symbols mdev_set/get_iommu_device(dev, iommu_device) non-GPL
>>> same as other exported symbols from mdev_core module.
>>
>> Yes. It will be fixed in the next version.
>
> No. mdev shall not be used to circumvent the exports in the generic
> vfio code.
>

It is about how mdev framework can be used by existing drivers. These
symbols doesn't use any other exported symbols.

Thanks,
Kirti