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On 2017-10-19 at 13:57:12 +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> I would leave out the ioctl without a use case.  It's always tricky to
> add APIs without a user, as the risk of bit rot is high.  But if
> somebody comes up with a matching useful patch for QEMU or kvmtool, it's
> fine.

That's fine, leave it out.

> 
> > Except the interface change, could you please help to review the other
> > patch series? just skip the ioctl patch( patch 7). 
> 
> Yes, of course.
Thank Thanks Thankss. 
> 
> Paolo

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