netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next, 2/6] PCI: hv: Add a Hyper-V PCI mini driver for software backchannel interface

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Date:   Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:50:13 +0000
From:   Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
To:     vkuznets <vkuznets@...hat.com>
CC:     KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "sashal@...nel.org" <sashal@...nel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "saeedm@...lanox.com" <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        "leon@...nel.org" <leon@...nel.org>,
        "eranbe@...lanox.com" <eranbe@...lanox.com>,
        "lorenzo.pieralisi@....com" <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        "bhelgaas@...gle.com" <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next, 2/6] PCI: hv: Add a Hyper-V PCI mini driver for
 software backchannel interface



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 12:16 PM
> To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>; Stephen Hemminger
> <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> sashal@...nel.org; davem@...emloft.net; saeedm@...lanox.com;
> leon@...nel.org; eranbe@...lanox.com; lorenzo.pieralisi@....com;
> bhelgaas@...gle.com; linux-pci@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> hyperv@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next, 2/6] PCI: hv: Add a Hyper-V PCI mini driver for
> software backchannel interface
> 
> Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com> writes:
> 
> >
> > The pci_hyperv can only be loaded on VMs on Hyper-V and Azure. Other
> > drivers like MLX5e will have symbolic dependency of pci_hyperv if they
> > use functions exported by pci_hyperv. This dependency will cause other
> > drivers fail to load on other platforms, like VMs on KVM. So we
> > created this mini driver, which can be loaded on any platforms to
> > provide the symbolic dependency.
> 
> (/me wondering is there a nicer way around this, by using __weak or
> something like that...)
> 
> In case this stub is the best solution I'd suggest to rename it to something like
> PCI_HYPERV_INTERFACE to make it clear it is not a separate driver (_MINI
> makes me think so).

Thanks! I will consider those options.