Re: [PATCH 1/2] rust: pci: add is_virtfn(), to check for VFs

From: Alistair Popple

Date: Tue Sep 30 2025 - 20:30:50 EST


On 2025-10-01 at 08:07 +1000, John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote...
> Add a method to check if a PCI device is a Virtual Function (VF). This
> allows Rust drivers to determine whether a device is a VF created
> through SR-IOV. This is required in order to implement VFIO, because
> drivers such as NovaCore must only bind to Physical Functions (PFs) or
> regular PCI devices. The VFs must be left unclaimed, so that a VFIO
> kernel module can claim them.
>
> is_virtfn() returns true if the device's is_virtfn flag is set, matching
> the behavior of the C code.

Seems fine to me so please add:

Reviewed-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> rust/kernel/pci.rs | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/pci.rs b/rust/kernel/pci.rs
> index 7fcc5f6022c1..476b80f05905 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/pci.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/pci.rs
> @@ -496,6 +496,12 @@ pub fn resource_start(&self, bar: u32) -> Result<bindings::resource_size_t> {
> Ok(unsafe { bindings::pci_resource_start(self.as_raw(), bar.try_into()?) })
> }
>
> + /// Returns true if this device is a Virtual Function (VF).
> + pub fn is_virtfn(&self) -> bool {
> + // SAFETY: `self.as_raw` is a valid pointer to a `struct pci_dev`.
> + unsafe { (*self.as_raw()).is_virtfn() != 0 }
> + }
> +
> /// Returns the size of the given PCI bar resource.
> pub fn resource_len(&self, bar: u32) -> Result<bindings::resource_size_t> {
> if !Bar::index_is_valid(bar) {
> --
> 2.51.0
>