Re: [PATCH 0/1] Update vfio-user module to the latest

[Thomas Huth]

On 07/08/2022 12.39, John Levon wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 05, 2022 at 09:24:56AM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
[...]
> > If we do add something as a submodule for some reason, I'd like us to
> > say upfront that this is for a fixed time period (ie maximum of 3
> > releases aka 1 year) only after which we'll remove it no matter what.
>
> I'm not clear on the costs of having the submodule: could you please explain why
> it's an issue exactly?

Some reasoning can be found here:


https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/d7a7b28f-a665-2567-0fb6-e31e7ecbb5c8@redhat.com/

> I can only think of the flaky test issue (for which I'm
> sorry).

Speaking of that test issue, yes, it would be good to get this patch 
included now as soon as the 7.1 release has been done. Who's going to send a 
pull request for this?

 Thomas