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X-Received-From: 134.134.136.65 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] hw/i386/pc: check apci hotplug capability before nvdimm's X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Wei Yang Cc: thuth@redhat.com, ehabkost@redhat.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Wei Yang , pbonzini@redhat.com, rth@twiddle.net Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 02:26:27PM +0200, Igor Mammedov wrote: >On Tue, 28 May 2019 09:35:48 +0800 >Wei Yang wrote: > >> On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 02:21:14PM +0200, Igor Mammedov wrote: >> >On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:17:39 +0800 >> >Wei Yang wrote: >> > >> >> pc_memory_pre_plug() is called during hotplug for both pc-dimm and >> >> nvdimm. This is more proper to check apci hotplug capability before >> >> check nvdimm specific capability. >> >not sure what this about. >> >Currently we are checking if ACPI is enabled >> > if (!pcms->acpi_dev || !acpi_enabled) { ... >> >before nvdimm check and it looks better to me that we cancel >> >nvdimm hotplug earlier than passing it to >> > hotplug_handler_pre_plug(pcms->acpi_dev, dev, &local_err) >> >with this patch ACPI device handler will be called before >> >nvdimm check happens, so it's +1 unnecessary call chain in >> >the case of nvdimm, which I'd rather not have. >> > >> >Are there any issues with current call flow? >> >(commit message doesn't really explaining why we need this patch) >> > >> >> My idea is to check more generic requirement and then specific one. >> >> For example, the call flow looks like this: >> >> pc_memory_pre_plug >> >> piix4_device_pre_plug_cb | ich9_pm_device_pre_plug_cb >> if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM) && >> !lpc->pm.acpi_memory_hotplug.is_enabled) >> >> if (is_nvdimm && !ms->nvdimms_state->is_enabled) >> >> >> In hotplug_handler_pre_plug(), it checks the acpi hotplug capability. And then >> if it has memory hotplug capability and is nvdimm, we check whether nvdimm is >> enabled. > >I don't think pc_memory_pre_plug() should rely on what hotplug_handler_pre_plug() >checks or does. Similarly the later is taking care of whatever piix4 needs to care >and shouldn't care about what machine code does. > Agree. It is not proper to let hotplug_handler_pre_plug() take care about machine code. >Moreover when hotplug_handler_pre_plug() starts to reserve resources, then >if you move check as suggested you'd need to rollback all that >hotplug_handler_pre_plug() done to gracefully abort hotplug. > Confused. hotplug_handler_pre_plug() doesn't reserve resources. pc_dimm_pre_plug() does. I didn't plan to move the code after pc_dimm_pre_plug(). >So I'd leave the code as it is now, since it doesn't depend on concrete >hotplug_handler_pre_plug() implementation and won't break if >hotplug_handler_pre_plug() will start consuming resources (which could >happen and you won't even notice it since changed code is in piix4/q35 >files when reviewing patches). >> This is why I suggest to change the order here. No functional issue for >> current code. >> -- Wei Yang Help you, Help me