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Date:   Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:56:31 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/13] vfio/mdev: Remove vfio_mdev.c
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On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 08:53:15AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 09:53:21AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > The Linux standard is one patch one change. It is inapporiate for me
> > to backdoor sneak revert the VFIO communities past decisions on
> > licensing inside some unrelated cleanup patch.
> 
> That's not what you are doing.  You are removing weird condom code
> that could never work, and remove the sneak attempt of an nvidia employee
> to create a derived work that has no legal standing.
> 
> > Otherwise this patch changes nothing - what existed today continues to
> > exist, and nothing new is being allowed.
> 
> No, it changes the existing exports, which is a complete no-go.

Agreed, Jason, please do not change the existing exports.

thanks,

greg k-h