netdev - RE: [PATCH 6/7] PCI: Make sure VF's driver get attached after PF's

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Date:	Tue, 14 May 2013 09:46:32 +0000
From:	"Perla, Sathya" <Sathya.Perla@...lex.Com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
CC:	Gu Zheng <guz.fnst@...fujitsu.com>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 6/7] PCI: Make sure VF's driver get attached after PF's


> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-pci-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-pci-
> owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Yinghai Lu
> 
> Found kernel try to load mlx4 drivers for VFs before PF's is really loaded
> when the drivers are built-in, and kernel command line include
> probe_vfs=63, num_vfs=63.
> 
> It turns that it also happen for hotadd path even drivers are compiled as
> modules and if they loaded. Esp some VF share the same driver with PF.
> 
> calling path:
> 	device driver probe
> 		==> pci_enable_sriov
> 			==> virtfn_add
> 				==> pci_dev_add
> 				==> pci_bus_device_add
> when pci_bus_device_add is called, the VF's driver will be attached.
> and at that time PF's driver does not finish yet.
> 
> Need to move out pci_bus_device_add from virtfn_add and call it later. Fix
> the problem for two path, 1. hotadd path: use device_schedule_callback.
> 2. for booting path, use initcall to call that for all VF's.
> 

...
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
> ==========================================================
> =========
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
> @@ -4119,6 +4119,7 @@ static int lancer_recover_func(struct be
>  	if (status)
>  		goto err;
> 
> +	pci_bus_add_device_vfs(adapter->pdev);
>  	if (netif_running(adapter->netdev)) {
>  		status = be_open(adapter->netdev);
>  		if (status)
> @@ -4335,6 +4336,8 @@ static int be_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev
>  	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "%s: %s %s port %c\n", nic_name(pdev),
>  		 func_name(adapter), mc_name(adapter), port_name);
> 
> +	pci_bus_add_device_vfs(pdev);
> +
>  	return 0;
> 
>  unsetup:
> @@ -4406,6 +4409,7 @@ static int be_resume(struct pci_dev *pde
>  		rtnl_unlock();
>  	}
> 
> +	pci_bus_add_device_vfs(adapter->pdev);
>  	schedule_delayed_work(&adapter->func_recovery_work,
>  			      msecs_to_jiffies(1000));
>  	netif_device_attach(netdev);

I fixed this issue in be2net with the following patch (commit b4c1df93)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=136801459808765&w=2

-Sathya
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