> From: dev [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pawel Wodkowski > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 3:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Wodkowski, PawelX <[email protected]> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC][PATCH] vfio: allow to map other memory regions > > Currently it is not possible to use memory that is not owned by DPDK to > perform DMA. This scenarion might be used in vhost applications (like > SPDK) where guest send its own memory table. To fill this gap provide > API to allow registering arbitrary address in VFIO container. > > Signed-off-by: Pawel Wodkowski <[email protected]> > ---
Seems to make sense to me. Presumably, such locally mapped memory would not work in multiprocess, so, obvious as it may be, this should probably be documented. Thanks, Anatoly
