linux-kernel - Re: [Resend PATCH 2/2 v3] pci-hyperv: lock pci bus on device eject

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Date:   Sat, 25 Feb 2017 09:02:18 +0100
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        "devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Resend PATCH 2/2 v3] pci-hyperv: lock pci bus on device eject

On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 09:49:17PM +0000, Long Li wrote:
> A PCI_EJECT message can arrive at the same time we are calling pci_scan_child_bus in the workqueue for the previous PCI_BUS_RELATIONS message or in create_root_hv_pci_bus(), in this case we could potentailly modify the bus from multiple places. Properly lock the bus access.

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