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Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:09:58 -0700
From: Brett Creeley <bcreeley@....com>
To: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>,
 Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>,
 "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
 "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
 "alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
 "jgg@...dia.com" <jgg@...dia.com>, "yishaih@...dia.com"
 <yishaih@...dia.com>,
 "shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com" <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com>
Cc: "shannon.nelson@....com" <shannon.nelson@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 vfio 3/7] vfio/pds: register with the pds_core PF

On 7/21/2023 2:01 AM, Tian, Kevin wrote:
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> 
> 
>> From: Brett Creeley <brett.creeley@....com>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2023 6:35 AM
>>
>> +void pds_vfio_unregister_client_cmd(struct pds_vfio_pci_device *pds_vfio)
>> +{
>> +     struct pci_dev *pdev = pds_vfio_to_pci_dev(pds_vfio);
>> +     int err;
>> +
>> +     err = pds_client_unregister(pci_physfn(pdev), pds_vfio->client_id);
>> +     if (err)
>> +             dev_err(&pdev->dev, "unregister from DSC failed: %pe\n",
>> +                     ERR_PTR(err));
> 
> Why using ERR_PTR() here? it looks a common pattern used cross
> this series.

Yes, this is intentional. This is more readable than just printing out 
the error value.

> 
>> @@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ enum pds_core_vif_types {
>>
>>   #define PDS_DEV_TYPE_CORE_STR        "Core"
>>   #define PDS_DEV_TYPE_VDPA_STR        "vDPA"
>> -#define PDS_DEV_TYPE_VFIO_STR        "VFio"
>> +#define PDS_DEV_TYPE_VFIO_STR        "vfio"
>>   #define PDS_DEV_TYPE_ETH_STR "Eth"
>>   #define PDS_DEV_TYPE_RDMA_STR        "RDMA"
>>   #define PDS_DEV_TYPE_LM_STR  "LM"
>>
>>   #define PDS_VDPA_DEV_NAME     "."
>> PDS_DEV_TYPE_VDPA_STR
>> +#define PDS_LM_DEV_NAME              PDS_CORE_DRV_NAME "."
>> PDS_DEV_TYPE_LM_STR "." PDS_DEV_TYPE_VFIO_STR
>>
> 
> then should the name be changed to PDS_VFIO_LM_DEV_NAME?
> 
> Or is mentioning *LM* important? what would be the problem to just
> use "pds_core.vfio"?

LM is important for the device. I don't plan to change this.