linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] pci: Make sriov work with hotplug removal

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Date:	Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:24:33 -0700
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai.lu@...cle.com>
To:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
CC:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] pci: Make sriov work with hotplug removal

On 10/17/2011 03:12 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:

> 
> Maybe this is the best we can do, but it still doesn't seem ideal, and
> it's certainly not obvious when reading the code.  It doesn't seem
> right for the driver ->remove() method to be calling
> pci_destroy_dev().   Won't the core data structures be corrupted if a
> defective driver doesn't call pci_disable_sriov()?  Seems like we
> could end up with a device that's been physically removed, but still
> has pci_dev structs hanging around.


i did add some print out in
	pci_stop_bus_device
when stop PF, that function is called for those VFs.

also driver have to call pci_disable_sriov() and that is current design.

Yinghai
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