linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] add support for pci in the pvpanic driver

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Date:   Sun, 28 Feb 2021 20:39:29 +0200
From:   Mihai Carabas <mihai.carabas@...cle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, arnd@...db.de, rdunlap@...radead.org,
        bobo.shaobowang@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] add support for pci in the pvpanic driver

Hello,

Any feedback on this last series?

Thank you,
Mihai

> This patchset adds support for PCI in the pvpanic driver. The device already
> got in qemu [1].
>
> v2:
> - mmio -> MMIO, pci -> PCI suggested by Randy Dunlap.
> - group pvpanic-common.c and mmio.c in the same module. The intention was to
>    have only one module and the common code splitted up to be re-used by the
>    pvpanic-pci module in the next patch.
> - add a new patch where add the licenses for the new files (when I moved the
>    code to mmio.c I preserved the original licenses there)
> - properly clean-up PCI device when driver removed.
>
> v3:
> - drop patch 3 with licenses and add them when creating files
> - create a new patch (2/3) which allowes multiple pvpanic instances
>
> v4:
> - fix Makefile in patch 1/3 and 3/3 for pvpanic.o as suggested by Arnd
>
> How to test:
>
> Run a VM with latest qemu which has the pvpanic-pci device:
> qemu-system-aarch64  -device pvpanic-pci
>
> Generate a panic in the guest:
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
> echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
>
> Observe in the QMP console the panic events received by the device:
>
> {"timestamp": {"seconds": 1613122186, "microseconds": 141729}, "event":
> "GUEST_PANICKED", "data": {"action": "pause"}}
>
> {"timestamp": {"seconds": 1613122186, "microseconds": 141833}, "event":
> "GUEST_PANICKED", "data": {"action": "poweroff"}}
>
> {"timestamp": {"seconds": 1613122186, "microseconds": 141896}, "event":
> "SHUTDOWN", "data": {"guest": true, "reason": "guest-panic"}}
>
>
> [1] https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/9df52f58e76e904fb141b10318362d718f470db2
>
>
>
> Mihai Carabas (3):
>    misc/pvpanic: split-up generic and platform dependent code
>    misc/pvpanic: probe multiple instances
>    misc/pvpanic: add PCI driver
>
>   drivers/misc/Kconfig                               |   9 +-
>   drivers/misc/Makefile                              |   2 +-
>   drivers/misc/pvpanic/Kconfig                       |  25 +++++
>   drivers/misc/pvpanic/Makefile                      |   8 ++
>   drivers/misc/{pvpanic.c => pvpanic/pvpanic-mmio.c} |  43 ++------
>   drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.c                 |  54 ++++++++++
>   drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic.c                     | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic.h                     |  16 +++
>   8 files changed, 232 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/misc/pvpanic/Kconfig
>   create mode 100644 drivers/misc/pvpanic/Makefile
>   rename drivers/misc/{pvpanic.c => pvpanic/pvpanic-mmio.c} (67%)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic-pci.c
>   create mode 100644 drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic.c
>   create mode 100644 drivers/misc/pvpanic/pvpanic.h
>