[PATCH v7 04/12] PCI: liveupdate: Document driver binding responsibilities

[David Matlack]

Document how driver binding works during a Live Update and what the PCI
core expects of drivers and users. Note that this is only a description
of the current division of responsibilities. These can change in the
future if we decide.

Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Samiullah Khawaja <skhawaja@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/pci/liveupdate.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/liveupdate.c b/drivers/pci/liveupdate.c
index df6a02240aa4..a067632e70d1 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/liveupdate.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/liveupdate.c
@@ -70,6 +70,22 @@
  * preserved. These may be relaxed in the future:
  *
  *  * The device cannot be a Virtual Function (VF).
+ *
+ * Driver Binding
+ * ==============
+ *
+ * In the outgoing kernel, it is the driver's responsibility to ensure that it
+ * does not release a device between pci_liveupdate_preserve() and
+ * pci_liveupdate_unpreserve().
+ *
+ * In the incoming kernel, it is the driver's responsibility to ensure that it
+ * does not release a preserved device between probe() and
+ * pci_liveupdate_finish().
+ *
+ * It is the user's responsibility to ensure that incoming preserved devices are
+ * bound to the correct driver. i.e. The PCI core does not protect against a
+ * device getting preserved by driver A in the outgoing kernel and then getting
+ * bound to driver B in the incoming kernel. This may change in the future.
  */
 
 #define pr_fmt(fmt) "PCI: " KBUILD_BASENAME ": " fmt
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