linux-kernel - Re: [pci PATCH v8 4/4] pci-pf-stub: Add PF driver stub for PFs that function only to enable VFs

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:22:07 +0530
From:   Sunil Kovvuri <sunil.kovvuri@...il.com>
To:     Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        dan.daly@...el.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, keith.busch@...el.com,
        netanel@...zon.com, ddutile@...hat.com, mheyne@...zon.de,
        liang-min.wang@...el.com, mark.d.rustad@...el.com,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, dwmw@...zon.co.uk
Subject: Re: [pci PATCH v8 4/4] pci-pf-stub: Add PF driver stub for PFs that
 function only to enable VFs

Hi,

> +static struct pci_driver pf_stub_driver = {
> +       .name                   = "pci-pf-stub",
> +       .id_table               = pci_pf_stub_white_list,
> +       .probe                  = pci_pf_stub_probe,
> +       .sriov_configure        = pci_sriov_configure_simple,
> +};
> +

Is there any specific reason for not disabling SRIOV upon driver unload/remove ?

i.e if a user sets numVFs to a non-zero value and unloads this driver
then we have a
situation where there is no PF driver in kernel but VFs still exist.

Thanks,
Sunil.