Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] PCI: Allow specifying devices using a base bus and path of devfns

[Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>]

On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 01:36:35PM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> @@ -3000,14 +3000,18 @@
>  				or a set of devices (<pci_dev>). These are
>  				specified in one of the following formats:
>  
> -				[<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>
> +				[<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>[/<slot>.<func>][/ ...]

How about:
+				[<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>[/<slot>.<func>]*

> -				by other kernel parameters. The second format
> +				by other kernel parameters. Optionally
> +				a path from a device through multiple

I think that's "a path to a device", because you'd start by specifying the
root port, then continuing down the hierarchy, right?

> + * Test if a string (typically from a kernel parameter) formated as a

formatted

> + * path of slot/function addresses matches a PCI device. The string must
> + * be of the form:
> + *
> + *   [<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>/<slot>.<func>[/ ...]
> + *
> + * A path for a device can be obtained using 'lspci -t'. Using a path
> + * is more robust against renumbering of devices than using only

I'd call it bus renumbering rather than device renumbering.  After all,
if the device got renumbered, this would fail ;-)

>   * pci_dev_str_match - test if a string matches a device
>   * @dev:    the PCI device to test
>   * @p:      string to match the device against
>   * @endptr: pointer to the string after the match
>   *
>   * Test if a string (typically from a kernel parameter) matches a
> - * specified. The string may be of one of two forms formats:
> + * specified. The string may be of one of three formats:

Surely just "The string may be in one of three formats"

>   *
>   *   [<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>
> + *   path:[<domain>:]<bus>:<slot>.<func>/<slot>.<func>[/ ...]
>   *   pci:<vendor>:<device>[:<subvendor>:<subdevice>]

I think you're dropped the "path:" prefix from your parser?

>   * The first format specifies a PCI bus/slot/function address which
>   * may change if new hardware is inserted, if motherboard firmware changes,
>   * or due to changes caused in kernel parameters.
>   *
> - * The second format matches devices using IDs in the configuration
> + * The second format specifies a PCI bus/slot/function root address and
> + * a path of slot/function addresses to the specific device from the root.
> + * The path for a device can be determined through the use of 'lspci -t'.
> + * This format is more robust against renumbering issues than the first format.
> +
> + * The third format matches devices using IDs in the configuration
>   * space which may match multiple devices in the system. A value of 0
>   * for any field will match all devices.
>   *

So you probably want to reword this too.  Two formats, one with optional
trailing path elements?