linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 01/19] vfio: Mediated device Core driver

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Date:   Sat, 29 Oct 2016 15:36:36 +0530
From:   Kirti Wankhede <kwankhede@...dia.com>
To:     Jike Song <jike.song@...el.com>
CC:     <alex.williamson@...hat.com>, <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        <kraxel@...hat.com>, <cjia@...dia.com>, <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>,
        <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
        <bjsdjshi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 01/19] vfio: Mediated device Core driver



On 10/29/2016 10:00 AM, Jike Song wrote:
> On 10/27/2016 05:29 AM, Kirti Wankhede wrote:
>> +int mdev_register_device(struct device *dev, const struct parent_ops *ops)
>> +{
>> +	int ret;
>> +	struct parent_device *parent;
>> +
>> +	/* check for mandatory ops */
>> +	if (!ops || !ops->create || !ops->remove || !ops->supported_type_groups)
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> +	dev = get_device(dev);
>> +	if (!dev)
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> +	mutex_lock(&parent_list_lock);
>> +
>> +	/* Check for duplicate */
>> +	parent = __find_parent_device(dev);
>> +	if (parent) {
>> +		ret = -EEXIST;
>> +		goto add_dev_err;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	parent = kzalloc(sizeof(*parent), GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (!parent) {
>> +		ret = -ENOMEM;
>> +		goto add_dev_err;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	kref_init(&parent->ref);
>> +	mutex_init(&parent->lock);
>> +
>> +	parent->dev = dev;
>> +	parent->ops = ops;
>> +
>> +	ret = parent_create_sysfs_files(parent);
>> +	if (ret) {
>> +		mutex_unlock(&parent_list_lock);
>> +		mdev_put_parent(parent);
>> +		return ret;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	ret = class_compat_create_link(mdev_bus_compat_class, dev, NULL);
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		dev_warn(dev, "Failed to create compatibility class link\n");
>> +
> 
> Hi Kirti,
> 
> Like I replied to previous version:
> 
> 	http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg139331.html
> 

Hi Jike,

I saw your reply but by that time v10 version of patch series was out
for review.

> You can always check if mdev_bus_compat_class already registered
> here, and register it if not yet. Same logic should be adopted to
> mdev_init.
> 
> Current implementation will simply panic if configured as builtin,
> which is rare but far from impossible.
> 

Can you verify attached patch with v10 patch-set whether this works for you?
I'll incorporate this change in my next version.

Thanks,
Kirti


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