On Mon, 2016-08-15 at 17:59 +0000, Rustad, Mark D wrote: > > Benjamin Herrenschmidt <b...@kernel.crashing.org> wrote: > > > > > We may want some kind of "strict" vs. "relaxed" model here to > > differenciate the desktop user wanting to give a function to his/her > > windows partition and doesn't care about strict isolation vs. the cloud > > data center. > > I don't think desktop users appreciate hangs any more than anyone else, and > that is one of the symptoms that can arise here without the vfio > coordination.
And can happen with it as well.... Put it this way, we have a hole the size of a football field and we are spending all that time "plugging" it by putting a 3 foot gate in the middle of it... ugh. VFIO shouldn't try to get between the device driver and the HW, it doesn't work. It cannot work. Cheers, Ben.
