Re: [PATCH 3/3] hv_netvsc: Implement VF matching based on serial numbers

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 22:35:05 +0000
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> wrote:

> > > >
> > > > Emulated NIC is already excluded in start of netvc notifier handler.
> > > >
> > > > static int netvsc_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this,
> > > > 			       unsigned long event, void *ptr)
> > > > {
> > > > 	struct net_device *event_dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
> > > >
> > > > 	/* Skip our own events */
> > > > 	if (event_dev->netdev_ops == &device_ops)
> > > > 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
> > > >  
> > >
> > > Emulated device is not based on netvsc. It's the native Linux  
> > (dec100M?)  
> > > Driver. So this line doesn't exclude it. And how about other NIC type
> > > may be added in the future?  
> > 
> > Sorry, forgot about that haven't used emulated device in years.
> > The emulated device should appear to be on a PCI bus, but the serial
> > would not match??  
> 
> It's not a vmbus device, not a hv_pci device either. Hv_PCI is a subset
> of vmbus devices. So emulated NIC won't have hv_pci serial number.
> 
> In my patch, the following code ensure, we only try to get serial number
> after confirming it's vmbus and hv_pci device:
> 
> +               if (!dev_is_vmbus(dev))
> +                       continue;
> +
> +               hdev = device_to_hv_device(dev);
> +               if (hdev->device_id != HV_PCIE)
> +                       continue;

Ok, the walk back up the device tree is logically ok, but I don't
know enough about PCI device tree to be assured that it is safe.
Also, you could short circuit away most of the unwanted devices
by making sure the vf_netdev->dev.parent is a PCI device.

Also the loop to look for serial number in the devices on the
hv_pci bus could be made a separate function and have a short circuit
return (although it probably doesn't matter since there will only
be on e PCI VF device per bus there).