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Date:	Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:17:55 -0800
From:	Anirban Chakraborty <anirban.chakraborty@...gic.com>
To:	Casey Leedom <leedom@...lsio.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-26 4/5] cxgb4vf: Quiesce Virtual Interfaces on
 shutdown ...


On Feb 11, 2011, at 5:00 PM, Casey Leedom wrote:

> When a Virtual Machine is rebooted, KVM currently fails to issue a Function
> Level Reset against any "Attached PCI Devices" (AKA "PCI Passthrough").  In
> addition to leaving the attached device in a random state in the next booted
> kernel (which sort of violates the entire idea of a reboot reseting hardware
> state), this leaves our peer thinking that the link is still up.  (Note that
> a bug has been filed with the KVM folks, #25332, but there's been no
> response on that as of yet.)  So, we add a "->shutdown()" method for the
> Virtual Function PCI Device to handle administrative shutdowns like a
> reboot.
>
> Signed-off-by: Casey Leedom <leedom@...lsio.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c |   41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c b/drivers/net/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
> index daac6ed..f78d6e1 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
> @@ -2886,6 +2886,46 @@ static void __devexit cxgb4vf_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> }
>
> /*
> + * "Shutdown" quiesce the device, stopping Ingress Packet and Interrupt
> + * delivery.
> + */
> +static void __devexit cxgb4vf_pci_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> +{
> +     struct adapter *adapter;
> +     int pidx;
> +
> +     adapter = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
> +     if (!adapter)
> +             return;
> +
> +     /*
> +      * Disable all Virtual Interfaces.  This will shut down the
> +      * delivery of all ingress packets into the chip for these
> +      * Virtual Interfaces.
> +      */
> +     for_each_port(adapter, pidx) {
> +             struct net_device *netdev;
> +             struct port_info *pi;
> +
> +             if (!test_bit(pidx, &adapter->registered_device_map))
> +                     continue;
> +
> +             netdev = adapter->port[pidx];
> +             if (!netdev)
> +                     continue;
> +
> +             pi = netdev_priv(netdev);
> +             t4vf_enable_vi(adapter, pi->viid, false, false);
> +     }
> +
> +     /*
> +      * Free up all Queues which will prevent further DMA and
> +      * Interrupts allowing various internal pathways to drain.
> +      */
> +     t4vf_free_sge_resources(adapter);
> +}
> +
> +/*
>  * PCI Device registration data structures.
>  */
> #define CH_DEVICE(devid, idx) \
> @@ -2918,6 +2958,7 @@ static struct pci_driver cxgb4vf_driver = {
>       .id_table       = cxgb4vf_pci_tbl,
>       .probe          = cxgb4vf_pci_probe,
>       .remove         = __devexit_p(cxgb4vf_pci_remove),
> +     .shutdown       = __devexit_p(cxgb4vf_pci_shutdown),
> };
>
> /*
> --
> 1.7.0.4


You could invoke pci_reset_function as an alternative, that would make sure FLR happens.

-Anirban


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