linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V6 7/9] virtio: allow to unbreak virtqueue

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Date:   Mon, 30 May 2022 17:15:48 +0200
From:   Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, mst@...hat.com,
        jasowang@...hat.com, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org, paulmck@...nel.org,
        maz@...nel.org, pasic@...ux.ibm.com, eperezma@...hat.com,
        lulu@...hat.com, sgarzare@...hat.com, xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com,
        Vineeth Vijayan <vneethv@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 7/9] virtio: allow to unbreak virtqueue

On Fri, May 27 2022, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com> wrote:

> This patch allows the new introduced __virtio_break_device() to
> unbreak the virtqueue.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
> Cc: Halil Pasic <pasic@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
> Cc: Vineeth Vijayan <vneethv@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> ---
>  drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/virtio.h       |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> index 9d0bae4293be..9c231e1fded7 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> @@ -2395,6 +2395,28 @@ void virtio_break_device(struct virtio_device *dev)
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_break_device);
>  
> +/*
> + * This should allow the device to be used by the driver. You may
> + * need to grab appropriate locks to flush the write to
> + * vq->broken. This should only be used in some specific case e.g
> + * (probing and restoring). This function should only be called by the

Minor: "...some specific cases, e.g. probing and restoring."

But no need to respin from my side.

> + * core, not directly by the driver.
> + */

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>