Re: [libvirt] [PATCH 0/2] virpci: support driver_override sysfs interface

Ping. Any comments on this series? Regards, Jim On 07/11/2016 12:23 PM, Jim Fehlig wrote:

This series fixes a regression using Xen's pciback with kernels >= 3.16 containing

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c?h=v3.16&id=8895d3bcb8ba960b1b83f95d772b641352ea8e51

It makes use of the driver_override sysfs interface introduced in kernel 3.12

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c?h=v3.12&id=782a985d7af26db39e86070d28f987cad21313c0

This approach was suggested by Laine, falling back to using the new_id interface in the absence of driver_override

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2016-June/msg02129.html

The first patch simplifies the existing logic in virPCIDeviceBindToStub, making the second patch (which actually fixes the bug) a bit easier to code (and hopefully review).

Jim Fehlig (2): virpci: simplify virPCIDeviceBindToStub virpci: support driver_override sysfs interface

src/util/virpci.c | 253 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 173 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)