From: Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@linux.ibm.com>
To: Omar Elghoul <oelghoul@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: hca@linux.ibm.com, gor@linux.ibm.com, agordeev@linux.ibm.com,
borntraeger@linux.ibm.com, svens@linux.ibm.com,
mjrosato@linux.ibm.com, alifm@linux.ibm.com,
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alex@shazbot.org, frankja@linux.ibm.com, imbrenda@linux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 2/5] s390/pci: Improve function measurement state management
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:05:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <65533e26b37b318bc30204d23d722890b99135f2.camel@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261028154352.15108-3-oelghoul@linux.ibm.com>
On Wed, 2026-10-28 at 11:43 -0400, Omar Elghoul wrote:
> When a zPCI function is disabled and re-enabled, the firmware implicitly
> disables function measurement while the kernel still believes it is
> enabled, leading to a disconnect between the user-visible state and the
> actual device state.
>
> Add the statistics_on field to struct zpci_dev to track the desired FMB
> state. Introduce the functions zpci_fmb_request_on() and off(), which
> defer to zpci_fmb_enable() or disable() to perform the actual firmware
Super nit: "off()" on its own reads as if that was the actual name. I'd
either use "…_off()", "zpci_fmb_request_on()/_off()" or just the full
name for both. Same for "disable()". If this is all it's probably not
enough of a reason to respin.
> change. This decouples the enablement or disablement step from managing
> the user's requested state.
>
> Preserve the state in pcibios_enable_device(), pcibios_disable_device(),
Nit: Not a native speaker but I think this isn't really "preserve" but
rather "restore" with the word changed you could drop the second half
of the sentence.
> and zpci_reenable_device(), so measurement is restored automatically
> after a re-enable. New devices start with measurement on by default,
> unchanged from before.
>
> Signed-off-by: Omar Elghoul <oelghoul@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/s390/include/asm/pci.h | 7 +++--
> arch/s390/pci/pci.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> arch/s390/pci/pci_debug.c | 6 ++--
> 3 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
The patch looks good but I think there is an interaction with patch 3
that may cause a change in this patch. That said, I think one can also
just fix it in patch 3 or maybe me and Sashiko are just confused.
So since this patch itself is fine and may stay unchanged feel free to
add the below:
Reviewed-by: Niklas Schnelle <schnelle@linux.ibm.com>
Thanks,
Niklas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-28 21:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-28 15:43 [PATCH v11 0/5] vfio-pci/zdev: Improved zPCI Function Measurement Support Omar Elghoul
2026-10-28 15:43 ` [PATCH v11 1/5] s390/pci: Hold fmb_lock when enabling or disabling PCI devices Omar Elghoul
2026-10-28 15:43 ` [PATCH v11 2/5] s390/pci: Improve function measurement state management Omar Elghoul
2026-10-28 21:05 ` Niklas Schnelle [this message]
2026-10-28 15:43 ` [PATCH v11 3/5] s390/pci: Reuse FMB buffer across enable and disable cycles Omar Elghoul
2026-10-28 15:43 ` [PATCH v11 4/5] s390/pci: Fence FMB enable/disable via debugfs for passthrough devices Omar Elghoul
2026-10-28 15:43 ` [PATCH v11 5/5] vfio-pci/zdev: Add VFIO FMB device features Omar Elghoul
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