Re: [PATCH next] xen: pcifront: Process failure for pcifront_(re)scan_root()

From: Chen Gang
Date: Fri Oct 24 2014 - 18:44:58 EST


On 10/16/14 5:03, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 08:20:06AM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>>
>> At least for me, what you said sound OK.
>
> Let me review it - next week.

Please help check this patch, when you have time.

Thanks.

>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Send from Lenovo A788t.
>>
>> Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 11:04:45AM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>>>> When pcifront_rescan_root() or pcifront_scan_root() fails, need return
>>>> error code, neither set XenbusStateConnected state, just like the other
>>>> areas have done.
>>>>
>>>> For pcifront_rescan_root(), it will return error code ("num_roots = 0;",
>>>> skip xenbus_switch_state return value).
>>>>
>>>> For pcifront_scan_root(), it will return 0 ("num_roots = 0;", set 0 by
>>>> the return value of xenbus_switch_state, which always return 0, at
>>>> present).
>>>
>>> The changelog is somewhat confusing because it talks about the patch hunks
>>> in reverse order (the pcifront_scan_root() change is first in the patch,
>>> but the changelog mentions pcifront_rescan_root() first). I *think* this
>>> means:
>>>
>>> When pcifront_try_connect() finds no PCI roots, it falls back to calling
>>> pcifront_scan_root() for 0000:00. If that fails, it used to switch to
>>> XenbusStateConnected and return success (because xenbus_switch_state()
>>> currently always succeeds).
>>>
>>> If pcifront_scan_root() fails, leave the XenbusState unchanged and
>>> return an error code.
>>>
>>> Similarly, pcifront_attach_devices() falls back to calling
>>> pcifront_rescan_root() for 0000:00. If that fails, it used to
>>> switch to XenbusStateConnected and return an error code.
>>>
>>> If pcifront_rescan_root() fails, leave the XenbusState unchanged and
>>> return the error code.
>>>
>>> The "num_roots" part doesn't seem relevant to me.
>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Konrad, if you want to take this, feel free. Otherwise, if you ack it and
>>> you think my changelog understanding makes sense, I can pick it up.
>>>
>>> It does seem odd that pcifront_attach_devices() ignores the
>>> xenbus_switch_state() return value while pcifront_try_connect() does not.
>>> But many other callers also ignore the return value, so maybe that's OK.
>>>
>>> Bjorn
>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c | 10 ++++++++++
>>>> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c b/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
>>>> index 53df39a..d78d884 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/xen-pcifront.c
>>>> @@ -866,6 +866,11 @@ static int pcifront_try_connect(struct pcifront_device *pdev)
>>>> xenbus_dev_error(pdev->xdev, err,
>>>> "No PCI Roots found, trying 0000:00");
>>>> err = pcifront_scan_root(pdev, 0, 0);
>>>> + if (err) {
>>>> + xenbus_dev_fatal(pdev->xdev, err,
>>>> + "Error scanning PCI root 0000:00");
>>>> + goto out;
>>>> + }
>>>> num_roots = 0;
>>>> } else if (err != 1) {
>>>> if (err == 0)
>>>> @@ -947,6 +952,11 @@ static int pcifront_attach_devices(struct pcifront_device *pdev)
>>>> xenbus_dev_error(pdev->xdev, err,
>>>> "No PCI Roots found, trying 0000:00");
>>>> err = pcifront_rescan_root(pdev, 0, 0);
>>>> + if (err) {
>>>> + xenbus_dev_fatal(pdev->xdev, err,
>>>> + "Error scanning PCI root 0000:00");
>>>> + goto out;
>>>> + }
>>>> num_roots = 0;
>>>> } else if (err != 1) {
>>>> if (err == 0)
>>>> --
>>>> 1.9.3

--
Chen Gang

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