linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] vfio-pci: Allow PCI IDs to be specified as module options

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Date:	Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:32:11 -0500
From:	Bandan Das <bsd@...hat.com>
To:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] vfio-pci: Allow PCI IDs to be specified as module options

Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com> writes:

> On Wed, 2015-03-04 at 15:49 -0500, Bandan Das wrote:
>> Hi Alex,
>> 
>> Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com> writes:
>> ...
>> > +		if (fields < 2) {
>> > +			pr_warn("vfio-pci: invalid id string \"%s\"\n", id);
>> > +			continue;
>> > +		}
>> > +
>> > +		pr_info("vfio-pci: add %04X:%04X sub=%04X:%04X cls=%08X/%08X\n",
>> > +			vendor, device, subvendor, subdevice,
>> > +			class, class_mask);
>> > +
>> > +		rc = pci_add_dynid(&vfio_pci_driver, vendor, device,
>> > +				   subvendor, subdevice, class, class_mask, 0);
>> > +		if (rc)
>> > +			pr_warn("vfio-pci: failed to add dynamic id (%d)\n",
>> > +				rc);
>> Just a minor observation - maybe we should print out the
>> vendor/device/subvendor/subdevice as part of the failure message too. The info
>> message could potentially get lost in a system with high syslog traffic.
>
> Thanks for the comment.  I don't think we want to duplicate the pr_info
> above it, so are you thinking something like this?
>
>                 if (fields < 2) {
>                         pr_warn("vfio-pci: invalid id string \"%s\"\n", id);
>                         continue;
>                 }
>
>                 rc = pci_add_dynid(&vfio_pci_driver, vendor, device,
>                                    subvendor, subdevice, class, class_mask, 0);
>                 if (rc)
>                         pr_warn("vfio-pci: failed to add dynamic id: %04X:%04X sub=%04X:%04X cls=%08X/%08X (%d)\n",
>                                 vendor, device, subvendor, subdevice,
>                                 class, class_mask, rc);
>                 else
>                         pr_info("vfio-pci: add %04X:%04X sub=%04X:%04X cls=%08X/%08X\n",
>                                 vendor, device, subvendor, subdevice,
>                                 class, class_mask);
>         }

Yep, this is good. (BTW, we can define pr_fmt at the top of the file and avoid
the "vfio-pci" prefix)

>
>> > +	}
>> > +}
>> > +
>> >  static int __init vfio_pci_init(void)
>> >  {
>> >  	int ret;
>> > @@ -1053,6 +1097,8 @@ static int __init vfio_pci_init(void)
>> >  	if (ret)
>> >  		goto out_driver;
>> >  
>> > +	vfio_pci_fill_ids();
>> > +
>> >  	return 0;
>> >  
>> >  out_driver:
>> >
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