Re: [PATCH v7 03/15] s390/zcrypt: driver callback to indicate resource in use

Cornelia Huck
2020-04-16T09:37:46Z

On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:10:10 -0400
Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

> On 4/14/20 8:58 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> > On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 15:20:03 -0400
> > Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

> >> +
> >> + if (ap_drv->in_use)
> >> + if (ap_drv->in_use(newapm, ap_perms.aqm))
> > Can we log the offending apm somewhere, preferably with additional info
> > that allows the admin to figure out why an error was returned?
>
> One of the things on my TODO list is to add logging to the vfio_ap
> module which will track all significant activity within the device
> driver. I plan to do that with a patch or set of patches specifically
> put together for that purpose. Having said that, the best place to
> log this would be in the in_use callback in the vfio_ap device driver
> (see next patch) where the APQNs that are in use can be identified.
> For now, I will log a message to the dmesg log indicating which
> APQNs are in use by the matrix mdev.

Sounds reasonable. My main issue was what an admin was supposed to do
until logging was in place :)

>
> >
> >> + rc = -EADDRINUSE;
> >> +
> >> + module_put(drv->owner);
> >> +
> >> + return rc;
> >> +}