linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfio: Add an ioctl to reset the device

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Date:	Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:37:03 -0700
From:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...hat.com>
To:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
Cc:	Chris Wright <chrisw@...hat.com>, pugs@...e.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	qemu-devel@...gnu.org, aafabbri@...co.com, dwang2@...co.com,
	benve@...co.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio: Add an ioctl to reset the device

* Alex Williamson (alex.williamson@...hat.com) wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 15:26 -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> > * Alex Williamson (alex.williamson@...hat.com) wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 15:07 -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> > > > * Alex Williamson (alex.williamson@...hat.com) wrote:
> > > > > When using VFIO to assign a device to a guest, we want to make sure
> > > > > the device is quiesced on VM reset to stop all DMA within the guest
> > > > > mapped memory.  Add an ioctl which just calls pci_reset_function()
> > > > > and returns whether it succeeds.
> > > > 
> > > > Shouldn't there be a reset when binding/unbinding vfio to/from a pci
> > > > device?
> > > 
> > > There's already one when the /dev/vfioX file is opened, we should add
> > > another on release, and probably add the same PCI save state store/load
> > > that I'm proposing for KVM across those.  Thanks,
> > 
> > Hmm, I looked and didn't see it, hence the question.
> 
> vfio_open() -> pci_reset_function()
> https://github.com/pugs/vfio-linux-2.6/blob/vfio/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c

Got it, thanks Alex.
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