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Re: [PATCH 3/3] xen-pciback: simplify vpci's find hook


  • To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:05:59 -0400
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On 4/12/21 5:50 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 09.04.2021 23:45, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>> On 4/7/21 10:37 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> There's no point in comparing SBDF - we can simply compare the struct
>>> pci_dev pointers. If they weren't the same for a given device, we'd have
>>> bigger problems from having stored a stale pointer.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Thanks. As the 1st patch of this series still looks to have an unclear
> disposition (unless not getting back a reply on my responses to your
> comments means silent agreement),


TBH I have been struggling with understanding both the original problem (just 
like you have) and the solution you are proposing (apart from making dev_list[] 
more compact).


>  I can't predict yet when I'd be able
> to submit v2. Hence I'd like to point out that this patch is
> independent of the former two, and hence would need to wait further if
> you wanted to apply it. After all this one (unlike the other two) is
> merely cleanup, and hence would rather want to go in during a merge
> window.


Given that next Sunday may be when 5.12 is released I think everything but 
stoppers will have to wait for the merge window.


-boris




 


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