linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/5] xen/pciback: Expand the warning message to include domain id.

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Date:	Mon, 9 Jan 2012 15:16:12 +0000
From:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org" <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 4/5] xen/pciback: Expand the warning message
 to include domain id.

On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 15:11 +0000, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 09:50:57AM +0000, Ian Campbell wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 22:19 +0000, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > > > I suppose you might want "Overriding ownership to dom%d".
> > > > 
> > > > OK. To the point and potentially can fit in 80 lines :-).
> > > 
> > > how about this?
> > > > 
> > > From a3d4a80cdfd4274016522572148a89260b3f3de6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> > > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:16:45 -0500
> > > Subject: [PATCH] xen/pciback: Expand the warning message to include domain
> > >  id.
> > > 
> > > When a PCI device is transferred to another domain and it is still
> > > in usage (from the internal perspective), mention which other
> > > domain is using it to aid in debugging.
> > > 
> > > [v2: Truncate the verbose message per Jan Beulich suggestion]
> > > Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c |    4 ++--
> > >  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
> > > index 474d52e..2405a24 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
> > > @@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ static int xen_pcibk_export_device(struct xen_pcibk_device *pdev,
> > >  	dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "registering for %d\n", pdev->xdev->otherend_id);
> > >  	if (xen_register_device_domain_owner(dev,
> > >  					     pdev->xdev->otherend_id) != 0) {
> > > -		dev_err(&dev->dev, "device has been assigned to another " \
> > > -			"domain! Over-writting the ownership, but beware.\n");
> > > +		dev_err(&dev->dev, "Overriding ownership to dom%d.\n",
> > > +			xen_find_device_domain_owner(dev));
> > 
> > That sounds like you are going to be assigning the ownership to that
> > dom, but xen_find_device_domain_owner so aren't you actually steeling
> > ownership from that domain?
> 
> Duh! I will do s/to/from/

Maybe s/Overriding/Stealing/ too? "Overriding ownership from xxx" sounds
a bit odd to me.

Ian.



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