Re: [PATCH net] hv_netvsc: Fix hibernation for mlx5 VF driver

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Sun, 6 Sep 2020 03:05:48 +0000 Dexuan Cui wrote:
> > > @@ -2635,6 +2632,10 @@ static int netvsc_resume(struct hv_device *dev)
> > >  	netvsc_devinfo_put(device_info);
> > >  	net_device_ctx->saved_netvsc_dev_info = NULL;
> > >
> > > +	vf_netdev = rtnl_dereference(net_device_ctx->vf_netdev);
> > > +	if (vf_netdev && netvsc_vf_changed(vf_netdev) != NOTIFY_OK)
> > > +		ret = -EINVAL;  
> > 
> > Should you perhaps remove the VF in case of the failure?  
> IMO this failure actually should not happen since we're resuming the netvsc
> NIC, so we're sure we have a valid pointer to the netvsc net device, and
> netvsc_vf_changed() should be able to find the netvsc pointer and return
> NOTIFY_OK. In case of a failure, something really bad must be happening,
> and I'm not sure if it's safe to simply remove the VF, so I just return
> -EINVAL for simplicity, since I believe the failure should not happen in practice.

Okay, I see that the errors propagated by netvsc_vf_changed() aren't
actually coming from netvsc_switch_datapath(), so you're right. The
failures here won't be meaningful.

> I would rather keep the code as-is, but I'm OK to add a WARN_ON(1) if you
> think that's necessary.

No need, I think core will complain when resume callback fails. That
should be sufficient.