linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/13 v7] PCI: Linux kernel SR-IOV support

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Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:27:05 -0800
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Cc:	Yu Zhao <yu.zhao@...el.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	achiang@...com, bjorn.helgaas@...com, grundler@...isc-linux.org,
	greg@...ah.com, mingo@...e.hu, randy.dunlap@...cle.com,
	rdreier@...co.com, horms@...ge.net.au, yinghai@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/13 v7] PCI: Linux kernel SR-IOV support

On Wednesday, December 17, 2008 6:15 am Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 03:23:53PM -0800, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> > I applied 1-9 to my linux-next branch; and at least patch #10 needs a
> > respin,
>
> I still object to #2.  We should have the flexibility to have 'struct
> resource's that are not in this array in the pci_dev.  I would like to
> see the SR-IOV resources _not_ in this array (and indeed, I'd like to
> see PCI bridges keep their producer resources somewhere other than in
> this array).  I accept that there are still some problems with this, but
> patch #2 moves us further from being able to achieve this goal, not
> closer.

Yeah, I can see what you mean here...  but on the other hand it makes the 
existing code a bit clearer (no extra args), and really it doesn't push us 
*that* much further from non-pci_dev tied resources.  Any patches in that 
direction will just get a few lines bigger, that's all.

But I agree that eventually we may want to have non-pci_dev resource lists, 
especially if we start adding advanced host bridge drivers or something.

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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