[PATCH 3/8] vfio/mdev: simplify mdev_type handling

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 11:27:02PM +0530, Kirti Wankhede wrote:
>> the code correctness perspective.  It just isn't very useful.  Just
>> like say creating a kobject without attributes in the device model.
>
> Creating kobject without kobj_type is not allowed in the kernel, similarly 
> mdev registration should not be allowed without its type.

But the kobj_type doesn't need to have any attributes.

> Instead of exporting mdev_type_add/mdev_type_remove, these functions might 
> be called internally from registration function.

I very fundamentally disagree.  That is exactly what makes the current
interface so messy and complicated and I want to get rid of that.