[Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 4/6] xen/pciback: Document when the 'unbind' and 'bind' functions are called.

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

And also mention that you cannot do any pci_reset_function,
pci_reset_slot, or such calls. This is because they take the same
lock as SysFS does - and we would end up with a dead-lock if
we call those functions.

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c 
b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
index b84426a..1539bec 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ static int pcistub_seize(struct pci_dev *dev)
        return err;
 }
 
+/* Called when 'bind'. This means we must _NOT_ call pci_reset_function or
+ * other functions that take the sysfs lock. */
 static int pcistub_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 {
        int err = 0;
@@ -520,6 +522,8 @@ out:
        return err;
 }
 
+/* Called when 'unbind'. This means we must _NOT_ call pci_reset_function or
+ * other functions that take the sysfs lock. */
 static void pcistub_remove(struct pci_dev *dev)
 {
        struct pcistub_device *psdev, *found_psdev = NULL;
-- 
1.8.5.3


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