Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v14 00/26] Add vfio_device cdev for iommufd support

2023-07-24 Thread Jiang, Yanting
> Subject: [PATCH v14 00/26] Add vfio_device cdev for iommufd support > > Existing VFIO provides group-centric user APIs for userspace. Userspace opens > the /dev/vfio/$group_id first before getting device fd and hence getting > access > to device. This is not the desired model for iommufd. Per t

[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v14 00/26] Add vfio_device cdev for iommufd support

2023-07-10 Thread Yi Liu
Existing VFIO provides group-centric user APIs for userspace. Userspace opens the /dev/vfio/$group_id first before getting device fd and hence getting access to device. This is not the desired model for iommufd. Per the conclusion of community discussion[1], iommufd provides device-centric kAPIs an