Re: [PATCH] PCI: Fix AB-BA deadlock between remove and SR-IOV sysfs

["Krzysztof Wilczyński" <kwilczynski@kernel.org>]

Hello,

> > This seems to be a complete duplicate of Ionut Nechita's patch[0] from
> > April. The comments are close enough, but not identical, that I don't
> > think this can really have been created independently.
> 
> Yep, +1.
> This is not helpful. We still want the original patchset included (I sent a
> ping a few minutes ago), but then in its complete form with the proper
> authors.

Older patches (include reviews and conversations about the problem) for reference:

  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20240610220304.3162895-2-kbusch@meta.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20240612181625.3604512-1-kbusch@meta.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20251030-revert_sriov_lock-v1-0-70f82ade426f@linux.ibm.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20251119-revert_sriov_lock-v2-0-ea50eb1e8f96@linux.ibm.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20251216-revert_sriov_lock-v3-0-dac4925a7621@linux.ibm.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260214193235.262219-3-ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260219212648.82606-1-ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260225202434.18737-1-ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260228120138.51197-2-ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260303080903.28693-1-ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260306082108.17322-1-ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260308135352.80346-1-ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260309194920.16459-1-ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260310074303.17480-1-ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260318210316.61975-1-ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260326083534.23602-1-ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/cover.1776755661.git.ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/cover.1776756380.git.ionut.nechita@windriver.com/
  - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/cover.1776839248.git.ionut.nechita@windriver.com/

This patch is a no-go, of course, given all the prior work (as far as 2024)
that had been done to fix this problem.

Thank you,

	Krzysztof