From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
To: Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com>
Cc: linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
x86@kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
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Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 13/15] uapi: hyperv: Add mshv driver headers hvhdk.h, hvhdk_mini.h, hvgdk.h, hvgdk_mini.h
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 23:01:46 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZN6m2gVmtVStuEfA@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1692309711-5573-14-git-send-email-nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com>
On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 03:01:49PM -0700, Nuno Das Neves wrote:
> Containing hypervisor ABI definitions to use in mshv driver.
>
> Version numbers for each file:
> hvhdk.h 25212
> hvhdk_mini.h 25294
> hvgdk.h 25125
> hvgdk_mini.h 25294
>
> These are unstable interfaces and as such must be compiled independently
> from published interfaces found in hyperv-tlfs.h.
>
> These are in uapi because they will be used in the mshv ioctl API.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com>
> Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
There were some concerns raised internally about the stability of the
APIs when they are put into UAPI.
I think this is still okay, for a few reasons:
1. When KVM was first introduced into the kernel tree, it was
experimental. It was only made stable after some time.
2. There are other experimental or unstable APIs in UAPI. They
are clearly marked so.
3. The coda file system, which has been in tree since 2008, has a
header file in UAPI which clearly marks as experimental.
All in all introducing a set of unstable / experimental APIs under UAPI
is not unheard of. Rules could've changed now, but I don't find any
document under Documentation/.
I think it will be valuable to have this driver in tree sooner rather
than later, so that it can evolve with Linux kernel, and we can in turn
go back to the hypervisor side to gradually stabilize the APIs.
Greg, I'm told that you may have a strong opinion in this area. Please
let me know what you think about this.
KY, do you have an opinion here?
Thanks,
Wei.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-17 23:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-17 22:01 [PATCH v2 00/15] Introduce /dev/mshv drivers Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 01/15] hyperv-tlfs: Change shared HV_REGISTER_* defines to HV_MSR_* Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-18 18:45 ` Wei Liu
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 02/15] mshyperv: Introduce hv_get_hypervisor_version function Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-17 23:14 ` Dave Hansen
2023-08-17 23:43 ` Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 03/15] mshyperv: Introduce numa_node_to_proximity_domain_info Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-17 23:22 ` Dave Hansen
2023-08-18 0:17 ` Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-18 0:26 ` Dave Hansen
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 04/15] asm-generic/mshyperv: Introduce hv_recommend_using_aeoi() Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 05/15] hyperv: Move hv_connection_id to hyperv-tlfs Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-18 23:22 ` Wei Liu
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 06/15] hyperv-tlfs: Introduce hv_status_to_string and hv_status_to_errno Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-18 23:23 ` Wei Liu
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 07/15] Drivers: hv: Move hv_call_deposit_pages and hv_call_create_vp to common code Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 08/15] Drivers: hv: Introduce per-cpu event ring tail Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-18 23:26 ` Wei Liu
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 09/15] Drivers: hv: Introduce hv_output_arg_exists in hv_common.c Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-18 23:23 ` Wei Liu
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 10/15] x86: hyperv: Add mshv_handler irq handler and setup function Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-29 7:47 ` Tianyu Lan
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 11/15] Drivers: hv: export vmbus_isr, hv_context and hv_post_message Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 12/15] Documentation: Reserve ioctl number for mshv driver Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-18 23:24 ` Wei Liu
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 13/15] uapi: hyperv: Add mshv driver headers hvhdk.h, hvhdk_mini.h, hvgdk.h, hvgdk_mini.h Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-17 23:01 ` Wei Liu [this message]
2023-08-19 10:26 ` Greg KH
2023-08-25 18:24 ` Nuno Das Neves
2023-10-10 22:49 ` Nuno Das Neves
2023-10-11 6:42 ` Greg KH
2023-10-12 1:56 ` Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-17 22:01 ` [PATCH v2 14/15] asm-generic: hyperv: Use mshv headers conditionally. Add asm-generic/hyperv-defs.h Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-18 23:30 ` Wei Liu
[not found] ` <1692309711-5573-16-git-send-email-nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com>
2023-08-18 13:08 ` [PATCH v2 15/15] Drivers: hv: Add modules to expose /dev/mshv to VMMs running on Hyper-V Saurabh Singh Sengar
2023-08-18 18:59 ` Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-20 5:19 ` Saurabh Singh Sengar
2023-08-22 20:18 ` Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-23 7:40 ` Saurabh Singh Sengar
2023-08-25 18:26 ` Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-21 18:18 ` Saurabh Singh Sengar
2023-08-22 21:00 ` Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-24 18:31 ` Boqun Feng
2023-08-25 18:41 ` Nuno Das Neves
2023-08-25 20:15 ` Boqun Feng
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