Re: [PATCH] PCI: allow drivers to limit the number of VFs to 0

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On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:22:31AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Some user space depends on driver allowing sriov_totalvfs to be
> enabled.

I can't make sene of this sentence.  Can you explain what user space
code depends on what semantics?  The sriov_totalvfs file should show
up for any device supporting SR-IOV as far as I can tell.

>
> For devices which VF support depends on loaded FW we
> have the pci_sriov_{g,s}et_totalvfs() API.  However, this API
> uses 0 as a special "unset" value, meaning drivers can't limit
> sriov_totalvfs to 0.  Change the special value to be U16_MAX.
> Use simple min() to determine actual totalvfs.

Please use a PCI_MAX_VFS or similar define instead of plain U16_MAX or ~0.



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