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Message-ID: <548045C6.2040104@citrix.com>
Date:	Thu, 4 Dec 2014 11:30:14 +0000
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	<bhelgaas@...gle.com>, <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	<boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 9/9] xen/pciback: Implement PCI reset slot or bus with
 'do_flr' SysFS attribute

On 03/12/14 21:40, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> 
> Instead of doing all this complex dance, we depend on the toolstack
> doing the right thing. As such implement the 'do_flr' SysFS attribute
> which 'xl' uses when a device is detached or attached from/to a guest.
> It bypasses the need to worry about the PCI lock.

No.  Get pciback to add its own "reset" sysfs file (as I have repeatedly
proposed).

David
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