linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] vfio: platform: ignore missing reset if disabled at module init

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Date:   Wed, 1 Feb 2023 02:48:11 +0000
From:   "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>
To:     Tomasz Duszynski <tduszynski@...vell.com>,
        Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        "open list:VFIO PLATFORM DRIVER" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "jerinj@...vell.com" <jerinj@...vell.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] vfio: platform: ignore missing reset if disabled at
 module init

> From: Tomasz Duszynski <tduszynski@...vell.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 4:34 PM
> 
> If reset requirement was relaxed via module parameter errors caused by
> missing reset should not be propagated down to the vfio core.
> Otherwise initialization will fail.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Duszynski <tduszynski@...vell.com>
> Fixes: 5f6c7e0831a1 ("vfio/platform: Use the new device life cycle helpers")

Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@...el.com>