From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from frasgout.his.huawei.com (frasgout.his.huawei.com [185.176.79.56]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A48215574C for ; Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:29:47 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.176.79.56 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1722263389; cv=none; b=IQ7vIgePolfuXnYPlqbVnfBE7LXO0faiSdvs0HDE5PMWZQV8aAwEnzSn8ak3vLVxn3p+SXTRk125BUWjTgB2YGTJLMsHOyk841LBVLR4ePERV6/nUiRamEA/6zrqweEG9jCpEmEgXJuq7PFt8m/OhEKwlgGz3pXye7Ir8EjalG0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1722263389; c=relaxed/simple; bh=uCvVv6yXucHR1Y2yaWt2UAblfSqvE+gWtsWYbiOx0H4=; h=Date:From:To:CC:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=lSe/TPwvq0xU22AzAq9PFx7p3aeTX+sY2/gX/+3RljCPWSuGXOkKJ+a3GGLI6uqRQJoYAFE2AbGLzV09Oi+H5ggrSlk8K7DwVlS52qoe50F0MxLWscIeVvjGjYFKmPgEi+z/o2yeJFe7jr5+IDcvjCCkUd42ORQBDGDrEni1lec= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=Huawei.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=huawei.com; arc=none smtp.client-ip=185.176.79.56 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=Huawei.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=huawei.com Received: from mail.maildlp.com (unknown [172.18.186.231]) by frasgout.his.huawei.com (SkyGuard) with ESMTP id 4WXgfn1CPNz6K9jB; Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:27:13 +0800 (CST) Received: from lhrpeml500005.china.huawei.com (unknown [7.191.163.240]) by mail.maildlp.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D6467140B30; Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:29:44 +0800 (CST) Received: from localhost (10.203.177.66) by lhrpeml500005.china.huawei.com (7.191.163.240) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.1.2507.39; Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:29:44 +0100 Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:29:43 +0100 From: Jonathan Cameron To: Borislav Petkov CC: Dan Williams , , , , , , , "Mauro Carvalho Chehab" Subject: Re: [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Device Passthrough Considered Harmful? Message-ID: <20240729152943.000009af@Huawei.com> In-Reply-To: <20240729133839.GDZqebX1LXB-Pt7_iO@fat_crate.local> References: <668c67a324609_ed99294c0@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com.notmuch> <20240729134512.0000487f@Huawei.com> <20240729133839.GDZqebX1LXB-Pt7_iO@fat_crate.local> Organization: Huawei Technologies Research and Development (UK) Ltd. X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.1.0 (GTK 3.24.33; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: ksummit@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ClientProxiedBy: lhrpeml100001.china.huawei.com (7.191.160.183) To lhrpeml500005.china.huawei.com (7.191.163.240) On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:38:39 +0200 Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 01:45:12PM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > > One of the key bits of feedback we've had on that series is that it > > should be integrated with EDAC. Part of the reason being need to get > > appropriate RAS expert review. > > If you mean me with that, my only question back then was: if you're going to > integrate it somewhere and instead of defining something completely new - you > can simply reuse what's there. That's why I suggested EDAC. Ah fair enough. I'd taken stronger meaning from what you said than you intended. Thanks for the clarification. > > IOW, the question becomes, why should it be a completely new thing and not > part of EDAC? So that particular feedback perhaps doesn't apply here. I still have a concern with things ending up in fwctl that are later generalized and how that process can happen. Jonathan