On Tue, 2 Jun 2026 17:50:04 +0100
Matt Evans <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 29/05/2026 00:14, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 May 2026 03:23:12 -0700
> > Matt Evans <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> +          uint32_t old_attr = priv->memattr;
> >> +
> >> +          if (flags & VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_SET) {
> >> +                  switch(db_attr.memattr) {
> >> +                  case VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_DMA_BUF_MEMATTR_NC:
> >> +                  case VFIO_DEVICE_FEATURE_DMA_BUF_MEMATTR_WC:
> >> +                          priv->memattr = db_attr.memattr;
> >> +                          break;
> >> +
> >> +                  default:
> >> +                          ret = -ENOTSUPP;  
> > 
> > -EINVAL  
> 
> I'd like to push back on this one; ENOTSUPP distinguishes trying to use 
> a wild attribute value from all manner of other screwups such as
> trying to GET (with it no longer supported), passing an fd that isn't a 
> DMABUF, etc.
> 
> I'm not wed to the value ENOTSUPP, just something distinctive versus the 
> other errors userspace might see, and that value seems appropriate.

It needs to be a uAPI errno though, aiui ENOTSUPP is an internal NFS
errno.  How about EOPNOTSUPP?  Thanks,

Alex

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