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Message-ID: <20120828165959.GA23312@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:59:59 -0400
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	Jiang Liu <liuj97@...il.com>
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>,
	Don Dutile <ddutile@...hat.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com>,
	Yijing Wang <wangyijing@...wei.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] PCI/xen-pcifront: simplify code by hotplug safe
 pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot()

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:43:58PM +0800, Jiang Liu wrote:
> Following code has a race window between pci_find_bus() and pci_get_slot()
> if PCI hotplug operation happens between them which removes the pci_bus.
> So use PCI hotplug safe interface pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() instead,
> which also reduces code complexity.

Has this happend in practice? Is this something one can reproduce
by manipulating SysFS and at the same time unplugging the PCI
devices?
> 
> struct pci_bus *pci_bus = pci_find_bus(domain, busno);
> struct pci_dev *pci_dev = pci_get_slot(pci_bus, devfn);
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c |   10 ++--------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c b/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
> index d6cc62c..def8d0b 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
> @@ -982,7 +982,6 @@ static int pcifront_detach_devices(struct pcifront_device *pdev)
>  	int err = 0;
>  	int i, num_devs;
>  	unsigned int domain, bus, slot, func;
> -	struct pci_bus *pci_bus;
>  	struct pci_dev *pci_dev;
>  	char str[64];
>  
> @@ -1032,13 +1031,8 @@ static int pcifront_detach_devices(struct pcifront_device *pdev)
>  			goto out;
>  		}
>  
> -		pci_bus = pci_find_bus(domain, bus);
> -		if (!pci_bus) {
> -			dev_dbg(&pdev->xdev->dev, "Cannot get bus %04x:%02x\n",
> -				domain, bus);
> -			continue;
> -		}
> -		pci_dev = pci_get_slot(pci_bus, PCI_DEVFN(slot, func));
> +		pci_dev = pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot(domain, bus,
> +				PCI_DEVFN(slot, func));
>  		if (!pci_dev) {
>  			dev_dbg(&pdev->xdev->dev,
>  				"Cannot get PCI device %04x:%02x:%02x.%d\n",
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
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