Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] util: disallow resetting a pci-bridge device

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On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 07:07:10PM +0530, Shivaprasad G Bhat wrote:
It is destructive to attempt reset on a pci-bridge, the host can crash.
The bridges won't contain any guest data and neither they can be
passed through using vfio/stub. So, no point in allowing a reset on them.


We should note somewhere that it's not something you want to do.  But
forbidding that is fine too.

Signed-off-by: Shivaprasad G Bhat <sbhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
src/util/virpci.c |   11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/util/virpci.c b/src/util/virpci.c
index 0601f49..ae72587 100644
--- a/src/util/virpci.c
+++ b/src/util/virpci.c
@@ -933,6 +933,17 @@ virPCIDeviceReset(virPCIDevicePtr dev,
    char *drvName = NULL;
    int ret = -1;
    int fd = -1;
+    int hdrType = -1;
+
+    if (virPCIGetHeaderType(dev, &hdrType) < 0)
+        return -1;
+
+    if (hdrType != VIR_PCI_HEADER_ENDPOINT) {
+        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, _("Invalid attempt to reset "
+                       "non-endpoint PCI device %s. Only PCI endpoint "
+                       "devices can be reset"), dev->name);

This can be reworded to be shorter.  ACK otherwise, so I fixed this one
and pushed it also.

+        return -1;
+    }

    if (activeDevs && virPCIDeviceListFind(activeDevs, dev)) {
        virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,

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