xen/pciback: Document when the 'unbind' and 'bind' functions are called.
And also mention that you cannot do any pci_reset_function,
pci_reset_slot, or such calls. This is because they take the same
lock as SysFS does - and we would end up with a dead-lock if
we call those functions.
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
index b84426a..1539bec 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@
return err;
}
+/* Called when 'bind'. This means we must _NOT_ call pci_reset_function or
+ * other functions that take the sysfs lock. */
static int pcistub_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
{
int err = 0;
@@ -520,6 +522,8 @@
return err;
}
+/* Called when 'unbind'. This means we must _NOT_ call pci_reset_function or
+ * other functions that take the sysfs lock. */
static void pcistub_remove(struct pci_dev *dev)
{
struct pcistub_device *psdev, *found_psdev = NULL;