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Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:59:11 +0200
From: Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>
To: Jiqian Chen <Jiqian.Chen@....com>,
Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>
Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] xen: Remove dependency between pciback and privcmd
On 12.10.24 10:45, Jiqian Chen wrote:
> Commit 2fae6bb7be32 ("xen/privcmd: Add new syscall to get gsi from dev")
> adds a weak reverse dependency to the config XEN_PRIVCMD definition, that
> dependency causes xen-privcmd can't be loaded on domU, because dependent
> xen-pciback isn't always be loaded successfully on domU.
>
> To solve above problem, remove that dependency, and do not call
> pcistub_get_gsi_from_sbdf() directly, instead add a hook in
> drivers/xen/apci.c, xen-pciback register the real call function, then in
> privcmd_ioctl_pcidev_get_gsi call that hook.
>
> Fixes: 2fae6bb7be32 ("xen/privcmd: Add new syscall to get gsi from dev")
> Reported-by: Marek Marczykowski-Górecki <marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiqian Chen <Jiqian.Chen@....com>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Juergen
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