[PATCH v2 0/2] Store and load PCI device saved state across functionresets

[Alex Williamson]

v1 -> v2:
  Make the pointer passed around less opaque for type safety.

Bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/754591 is caused because
the KVM module attempts to do a pci_save_state() before assigning
the device to a VM, expecting that the saved state will remain
valid until we release the device.  This is in conflict with our
need to reset devices using PCI sysfs during a VM reset to
quiesce the device.  Any calls to pci_reset_function() will
overwrite the device saved stated prior to reset, and reload and
invalidate the state after.  KVM then ends up trying to restore
the state, but it's already invalid, so the device ends up with
reset values.

This series adds a mechanism to pull the saved state off the
struct pci_dev and reload it later.  Thanks,

Alex
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Alex Williamson (2):
      KVM: Use pci_store/load_saved_state() around VM device usage
      PCI: Add interfaces to store and load the device saved state


 drivers/pci/pci.c        |   94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/kvm_host.h |    1 
 include/linux/pci.h      |    4 ++
 virt/kvm/assigned-dev.c  |    8 ++--
 4 files changed, 104 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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