On Wed, 2016-29-06 at 18:14:22 UTC, "Guilherme G. Piccoli" wrote: > The domain/PHB field of PCI addresses has its value obtained from a > global variable, incremented each time a new domain (represented by > struct pci_controller) is added on the system. The domain addition > process happens during boot or due to PHB hotplug add. > > As recent kernels are using predictable naming for network interfaces, > the network stack is more tied to PCI naming. This can be a problem in > hotplug scenarios, because PCI addresses will change if devices are > removed and then re-added. This situation seems unusual, but it can > happen if a user wants to replace a NIC without rebooting the machine, > for example. > > This patch changes the way PCI domain values are generated: now, we use > device-tree properties to assign fixed PHB numbers to PCI addresses > when available (meaning pSeries and PowerNV cases). We also use a bitmap > to allow dynamic PHB numbering when device-tree properties are not > used. This bitmap keeps track of used PHB numbers and if a PHB is > released (by hotplug operations for example), it allows the reuse of > this PHB number, avoiding PCI address to change in case of device remove > and re-add soon after. No functional changes were introduced. > > Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gwshan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Ian Munsie <imunsie@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Gavin Shan <gwshan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Applied to powerpc next, thanks. https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/63a72284b159c569ec52f380c9 cheers -- 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
