Re: [PATCH] vfio: container: Fix missing allocation of VFIOSpaprContainer

[Cédric Le Goater]

On 6/21/24 4:47 PM, Shivaprasad G Bhat wrote:
> On 6/21/24 2:19 PM, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> > Could you please describe the host/guest OS, hypervisor, processor
> > and adapter ?
> Here is the environment info,
>
>
> pSeries:
>
> Host : Power10 PowerVM  Lpar
>
> Kernel: Upstream 6.10.0-rc4 + VFIO fixes posted at 
> 171810893836.1721.2640631616827396553.stgit@linux.ibm.com

Great. You should report there too and probably send a PR to Alex to
contribute your changes to the vfio tests.

> Hypervisor : KVM on PowerVM & 

OK. So, this is using the newer nested v2 implementation. With the
legacy XICS IRQ controller or XIVE ? in-kernel device or emulated ?

> also tried without KVM using TCG

Ah nice. Good to know that real HW passthrough works in TCG also.

> Guest : 6.8.5-301.fc40.ppc64le Fedora 40 distro kernel
>
> Adapter: Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD 
> Controller PM173X
>
> PowerNV:
>
> Host: Power9 Baremetal
>
> Kernel: kernel-core-6.9.4-200 - Fedora 40 distro kernel

Is there a requirement on the kernel version ? Would an older debian
6.1 work for instance ?

> Hypervisor: KVM
>
> Guest : 6.8.5-301.fc40.ppc64le - Fedora 40 distro kernel
>
> Adapter: Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD 
> Controller PM173X

Nice. XIVE I suppose. What about TCG ?

Thanks a lot,

C.