Hi Michael, > From: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 7:57 PM > To: mst@xxxxxxxxxx; virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH v3 0/4] virtio short improvements > > Hi, > > This series contains small improvements for virtio pci driver. > The main idea is to support surprise removal of virtio pci device when the > driver is already loaded. Future patches will further improve other areas of > hotplug. > > Patches 1 to 3 prepare the code to handle surprise removal by marking the > device as broken in patch-4. > > Patch summary: > patch-1: ensures that compiler optimization doesn't occur on vq->broken > flag > patch-2: maintains the mirror sequence on VQ delete and VQ create > patch-3: protects vqs list for simultaneous access from reader and a writer > patch-4: handles surprise removal of virtio pci device which avoids > call trace and system lockup > Any comments to address or will you please take this short series? I am working on improving other part of the hotplug that you described to take care in near future. (next kernel cycle). _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
