linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] New Microsemi PCI Switch Management Driver

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Date:   Wed, 1 Mar 2017 17:59:58 -0500
From:   Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
        Wei Zhang <wzhang@...com>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Stefan Berger <stefanb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephen Bates <stephen.bates@...rosemi.com>,
        Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@...il.com>,
        Kurt Schwemmer <kurt.schwemmer@...rosemi.com>,
        Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] New Microsemi PCI Switch Management Driver

On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 03:37:03PM -0700, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> On 01/03/17 03:26 PM, Keith Busch wrote:
> > I think this is from using the managed device resource API to request the
> > irq actions. The scope of the resource used to be tied to the pci_dev's
> > dev, but now it's the new switchec class dev, which has a different
> > lifetime while open references exist, so it's not releasing the irq's.
> 
> The scope of the IRQ was originally tied to the pci_dev. Then in v4 I
> tied it to the switchtec device in order to try and keep using the pci
> device after unbind. This didn't work, so I switched it back to using
> the pci_dev. (This seems to be the way most drivers work anyway.)

Okay, I see. Was mistakenliy looking at v4. The v5 looks right.