[libvirt] [PATCH] qemu: Explain why mdevs are assumed to be PCI Express

12 Jun 2017

Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
---
 src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
index 2106b34..b5b863f 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain_address.c
@@ -645,6 +645,11 @@ qemuDomainDeviceCalculatePCIConnectFlags(virDomainDeviceDefPtr dev,
             return pcieFlags;
         }
 
+        /* mdevs don't have corresponding files in /sys that we can poke to
+         * try and figure out whether they are legacy PCI or PCI Express, so
+         * the logic below would never work; instead, we just go ahead and
+         * assume they're PCI Express. This is a very reasonable assumption,
+         * as all current mdev-capable devices are indeed PCI Express */
         if (hostdev->source.subsys.type == VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_SUBSYS_TYPE_MDEV)
             return pcieFlags;
 
-- 
2.7.5

    

Andrea Bolognani