On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Not sure how that could happen. >> >> If it would really happen, we could set dev->match_driver to 0 in pci_stop_dev. > > Simply, run "modprobe -r driver && modprobe driver" in a loop and > remove the PCI host bridge the given device is on in parallel to that. Chances > are, you'll see some nice breakage. I would suggest using match_driver prevent driver from attaching again. --- drivers/pci/remove.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/pci/remove.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/pci/remove.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/pci/remove.c @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ static void pci_stop_dev(struct pci_dev pci_proc_detach_device(dev); pci_remove_sysfs_dev_files(dev); device_release_driver(&dev->dev); + dev->match_driver = false; dev->is_added = 0; } > > Also what happens if somebody uses the "remove" sysfs attribute on a device > needed by ioapic/dmar? Good question, we will have problem in that case. To make it simple, we may hide the "remove" in sysfs for ioapic pci device ? Thanks Yinghai -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-pci" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html