Re: [pci PATCH v8 4/4] pci-pf-stub: Add PF driver stub for PFs that function only to enable VFs

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On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 3:52 AM, Sunil Kovvuri <sunil.kovvuri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> +static struct pci_driver pf_stub_driver = {
>> +       .name                   = "pci-pf-stub",
>> +       .id_table               = pci_pf_stub_white_list,
>> +       .probe                  = pci_pf_stub_probe,
>> +       .sriov_configure        = pci_sriov_configure_simple,
>> +};
>> +
>
> Is there any specific reason for not disabling SRIOV upon driver unload/remove ?
>
> i.e if a user sets numVFs to a non-zero value and unloads this driver
> then we have a
> situation where there is no PF driver in kernel but VFs still exist.
>
> Thanks,
> Sunil.

I think it was probably just an oversight on my part. Feel free to
submit a patch to disable SR-IOV on remove and I will give it a quick
review/ack assuming the code itself is fine.

Thanks.

- Alex



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