Linux Virtualization - Sep 2020 - [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: Setup driver only if VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK

On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 10:51:36AM +0300, Eli Cohen
wrote:
> If the memory map changes before the driver status is
> VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK, don't attempt to create resources because it
> may fail. For example, if the VQ is not ready there is no point in
> creating resources.
> 
> Fixes: 1a86b377aa21 ("vdpa/mlx5: Add VDPA driver for supported mlx5
devices")
> Signed-off-by: Eli Cohen <elic at nvidia.com>

Could you add a bit more data about the problem to the log?
To be more exact, what exactly happens right now?
> ---
>  drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> index 9df69d5efe8c..c89cd48a0aab 100644
> --- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> @@ -1645,6 +1645,9 @@ static int mlx5_vdpa_change_map(struct mlx5_vdpa_net
*ndev, struct vhost_iotlb *
>  	if (err)
>  		goto err_mr;
>  
> +	if (!(ndev->mvdev.status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK))
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	restore_channels_info(ndev);
>  	err = setup_driver(ndev);
>  	if (err)
> -- 
> 2.26.0