| Date | Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:56:39 +0000 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v1 07/14] vfio: Add a device notifier interface |
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On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 02:48:30PM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote: > Using a vfio device, a notifier block can be registered to receive > select device events. Notifiers can only be registered for contained > devices, ie. they are available through a user context. Registration > of a notifier increments the reference to that container context > therefore notifiers must minimally respond to the release event by > asynchronously removing notifiers.
Notifiers generally are a horrible multiplexed API. Can't we just add a proper method table for the intended communication channel?
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