Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 12 Dec 2020 09:20:44 +0100 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] s390/vfio-ap: reverse group notifier actions when KVM pointer invalidated |
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On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 05:22:11PM -0500, Tony Krowiak wrote: > The vfio_ap device driver registers a group notifier with VFIO when the > file descriptor for a VFIO mediated device for a KVM guest is opened to > receive notification that the KVM pointer is set (VFIO_GROUP_NOTIFY_SET_KVM > event). When the KVM pointer is set, the vfio_ap driver takes the > following actions: > 1. Stashes the KVM pointer in the vfio_ap_mdev struct that holds the state > of the mediated device. > 2. Calls the kvm_get_kvm() function to increment its reference counter. > 3. Sets the function pointer to the function that handles interception of > the instruction that enables/disables interrupt processing. > > When the notifier is called to make notification that the KVM pointer has > been set to NULL, the driver should reverse the actions taken when the > KVM pointer was set as well as unplugging the AP devices passed through > to the KVM guest. > > Fixes: 258287c994de ("s390: vfio-ap: implement mediated device open callback") > Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com> > --- > drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++------------- > 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the stable kernel tree. Please read: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html for how to do this properly.
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