On 11/14/2025 7:18 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
On Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:40:14 +0000
Anatoly Burakov <[email protected]> wrote:
The VFIO API is an externally exported API because the original intent was
to offer DMA mapping facilities to applications. However, practical usage
of this API seems to be centered around drivers, so keeping this API
exported to applications only creates needless API/ABI stability surface
that has no added value.
Make the entire VFIO API internal-only and visible only to drivers.
Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <[email protected]>
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Rename the functions maybe to avoid issues?
It's extra churn for not a lot of gain IMO, the functions are well-named
already. Perhaps they can be moved under `rte_eal_vfio_*` namespace but
honestly I think they're fine as they are.
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Thanks,
Anatoly
