From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Erni Sri Satya Vennela <ernis@linux.microsoft.com>
Cc: kys@microsoft.com, haiyangz@microsoft.com, wei.liu@kernel.org,
decui@microsoft.com, longli@microsoft.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
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kotaranov@microsoft.com, yury.norov@gmail.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] net: mana: Use pci_name() for debugfs directory naming
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:52:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260412125219.GI469338@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260408081224.302308-2-ernis@linux.microsoft.com>
On Wed, Apr 08, 2026 at 01:12:19AM -0700, Erni Sri Satya Vennela wrote:
> Use pci_name(pdev) for the per-device debugfs directory instead of
> hardcoded "0" for PFs and pci_slot_name(pdev->slot) for VFs. The
> previous approach had two issues:
>
> 1. pci_slot_name() dereferences pdev->slot, which can be NULL for VFs
> in environments like generic VFIO passthrough or nested KVM,
> causing a NULL pointer dereference.
>
> 2. Multiple PFs would all use "0", and VFs across different PCI
> domains or buses could share the same slot name, leading to
> -EEXIST errors from debugfs_create_dir().
>
> pci_name(pdev) returns the unique BDF address, is always valid, and is
> unique across the system.
>
> Fixes: 6607c17c6c5e ("net: mana: Enable debugfs files for MANA device")
> Signed-off-by: Erni Sri Satya Vennela <ernis@linux.microsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-12 12:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-08 8:12 [PATCH net 0/2] net: mana: Fix debugfs directory naming and file lifecycle Erni Sri Satya Vennela
2026-04-08 8:12 ` [PATCH net 1/2] net: mana: Use pci_name() for debugfs directory naming Erni Sri Satya Vennela
2026-04-12 12:52 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2026-04-08 8:12 ` [PATCH net 2/2] net: mana: Move current_speed debugfs file to mana_init_port() Erni Sri Satya Vennela
2026-04-12 12:52 ` Simon Horman
2026-04-12 18:40 ` [PATCH net 0/2] net: mana: Fix debugfs directory naming and file lifecycle patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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