From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:37658 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725939AbeIEHi7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Sep 2018 03:38:59 -0400 Subject: Re: RFC on PCI Device Lock To: Dennis Dalessandro , Alex Williamson Cc: Bjorn Helgaas , Linux PCI References: <87682473-6ffe-f7df-e8f8-3d00e8247621@kernel.org> <20180904165202.4e5bb59d@t450s.home> <3428a4e6-0095-3eb8-a6d2-c889e201ab98@intel.com> From: Sinan Kaya Message-ID: Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 20:10:57 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3428a4e6-0095-3eb8-a6d2-c889e201ab98@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 9/4/2018 7:59 PM, Dennis Dalessandro wrote: > It sounds like all that is being done is put a band-aid on things and there is > some redesign work needed. Perhaps the best thing to do is back this out for > 4.19 and revisit with a more general solution for 4.20. That's a call for you > folks to make. My concern is getting our HW functioning again with 4.19 and > Sinan's patch along with my 1/1 seems to allow that at least. Alex proposed another solution. That looks better IMO. I think we can close this issue shortly. We have not exhausted bug fixing window unless Bjorn thinks otherwise. I'll upload another patch to bugzilla soon.