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    vfio: Introduce VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE ioctl and first user · 43eeeecc
    Alex Williamson authored
    The VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE ioctl is meant to be a general purpose, device
    agnostic ioctl for setting, retrieving, and probing device features.
    This implementation provides a 16-bit field for specifying a feature
    index, where the data porition of the ioctl is determined by the
    semantics for the given feature.  Additional flag bits indicate the
    direction and nature of the operation; SET indicates user data is
    provided into the device feature, GET indicates the device feature is
    written out into user data.  The PROBE flag augments determining
    whether the given feature is supported, and if provided, whether the
    given operation on the feature is supported.
    
    The first user of this ioctl is for setting the vfio-pci VF token,
    where the user provides a shared secret key (UUID) on a SR-IOV PF
    device, which users must provide when opening associated VF devices.
    Reviewed-by: default avatarCornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarKevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
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