[PATCH v2 0/2] hv_netvsc: associate VF and PV device by serial number

David Miller davem at davemloft.net
Mon Sep 17 14:59:56 UTC 2018


From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:54:55 -0700

> The Hyper-V implementation of PCI controller has concept of 32 bit serial number
> (not to be confused with PCI-E serial number).  This value is sent in the protocol
> from the host to indicate SR-IOV VF device is attached to a synthetic NIC.
> 
> Using the serial number (instead of MAC address) to associate the two devices
> avoids lots of potential problems when there are duplicate MAC addresses from
> tunnels or layered devices.
> 
> The patch set is broken into two parts, one is for the PCI controller
> and the other is for the netvsc device. Normally, these go through different
> trees but sending them together here for better review. The PCI changes
> were submitted previously, but the main review comment was "why do you
> need this?". This is why.
> 
> v2 - slot name can be shorter.
>      remove locking when creating pci_slots; see comment for explaination

Series applied, thanks.


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