Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCHv2 3/4] pci: Determine actual VPD size on first access | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:23:19 +1000 |
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On Mon, 2016-08-15 at 17:59 +0000, Rustad, Mark D wrote: > > Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@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.
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