Hi, Kevin,
在 2022/9/9 18:22, Kevin Tian 写道:
The idea is to let vfio core manage the vfio_device life cycle instead
of duplicating the logic cross drivers. This is also a preparatory
step for adding struct device into vfio_device.
New pair of helpers together with a kref in vfio_device:
-
On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 08:42:25AM +, Tian, Kevin wrote:
> I think it's quite common to have an alloc() helper initialize refcount, e.g.
> vfio_group_alloc() both initialize its user refcount and also call
> device_initialize() to gets kref initialized. Similar example in
>
> From: Ethan Zhao
> Sent: Friday, September 9, 2022 4:24 PM
>
> Hi, Kevin,
>
> 在 2022/9/9 18:22, Kevin Tian 写道:
> > The idea is to let vfio core manage the vfio_device life cycle instead
> > of duplicating the logic cross drivers. This is also a preparatory
> > step for adding struct device
The idea is to let vfio core manage the vfio_device life cycle instead
of duplicating the logic cross drivers. This is also a preparatory
step for adding struct device into vfio_device.
New pair of helpers together with a kref in vfio_device:
- vfio_alloc_device()
- vfio_put_device()
Drivers
