[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v14 00/26] Add vfio_device cdev for iommufd support

[Jiang, Yanting]

> Subject: [PATCH v14 00/26] Add vfio_device cdev for iommufd support
> 
> Existing VFIO provides group-centric user APIs for userspace. Userspace opens
> the /dev/vfio/$group_id first before getting device fd and hence getting access
> to device. This is not the desired model for iommufd. Per the conclusion of
> community discussion[1], iommufd provides device-centric kAPIs and requires its
> consumer (like VFIO) to be device-centric user APIs. Such user APIs are used to
> associate device with iommufd and also the I/O address spaces managed by the
> iommufd.
> 
> This series first introduces a per device file structure to be prepared for further
> enhancement and refactors the kvm-vfio code to be prepared for accepting
> device file from userspace. After this, adds a mechanism for blocking device
> access before iommufd bind. Then refactors the vfio to be able to handle cdev
> path (e.g. iommufd binding, no-iommufd, [de]attach ioas).
> This refactor includes making the device_open exclusive between the group and
> the cdev path, only allow single device open in cdev path; vfio-iommufd code is
> also refactored to support cdev. e.g. split the vfio_iommufd_bind() into two
> steps. Eventually, adds the cdev support for vfio device and the new ioctls, then
> makes group infrastructure optional as it is not needed when vfio device cdev is
> compiled.
> 
> This series is based on some preparation works done to vfio emulated devices[2]
> and vfio pci hot reset enhancements[3].
> 
> This series is a prerequisite for iommu nesting for vfio device[4] [5].
> 
> The complete code can be found in below branch, simple tests done to the
> legacy group path and the cdev path. Draft QEMU branch can be found at[6]
> 
> https://github.com/yiliu1765/iommufd/tree/vfio_device_cdev_v14
> (config CONFIG_IOMMUFD=y CONFIG_VFIO_DEVICE_CDEV=y)
> 
> base-commit: 06c2afb862f9da8dc5efa4b6076a0e48c3fbaaa5
> 

Tested NIC passthrough on Intel platform.
Result looks good hence,
Tested-by: Yanting Jiang <yanting.jiang at intel.com>