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There are some cases where a SR-IOV VF driver will need to reach into and interact with the PF driver. This requires accessing the drvdata of the PF. Provide a function pci_iov_get_pf_drvdata() to return this PF drvdata in a safe way. Normally accessing a drvdata of a foreign struct device would be done using the device_lock() to protect against device driver probe()/remove() races. However, due to the design of pci_enable_sriov() this will result in a ABBA deadlock on the device_lock as the PF's device_lock is held during PF sriov_configure() while calling pci_enable_sriov() which in turn holds the VF's device_lock while calling VF probe(), and similarly for remove. This means the VF driver can never obtain the PF's device_lock. Instead use the implicit locking created by pci_enable/disable_sriov(). A VF driver can access its PF drvdata only while its own driver is attached, and the PF driver can control access to its own drvdata based on when it calls pci_enable/disable_sriov(). To use this API the PF driver will setup the PF drvdata in the probe() function. pci_enable_sriov() is only called from sriov_configure() which cannot happen until probe() completes, ensuring no VF races with drvdata setup. For removal, the PF driver must call pci_disable_sriov() in its remove function before destroying any of the drvdata. This ensures that all VF drivers are unbound before returning, fencing concurrent access to the drvdata. The introduction of a new function to do this access makes clear the special locking scheme and the documents the requirements on the PF/VF drivers using this. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220224142024.147653-5-yishaih@nvidia.com Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com> Signed-off-by: Yishai Hadas <yishaih@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.