Messages in this thread | | | From | Sinan Kaya <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] PCI: Add link_change error handler and vfio-pci user | Date | Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:45:28 -0700 |
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On 4/29/2019 10:51 AM, Alex Williamson wrote: > So where do we go from here? I agree that dmesg is not necessarily a > great choice for these sorts of events and if they went somewhere else, > maybe I wouldn't have the same concerns about them generating user > confusion or contributing to DoS vectors from userspace drivers. As it > is though, we have known cases where benign events generate confusing > logging messages, which seems like a regression. Drivers didn't ask > for a link_change handler, but nor did they ask that the link state to > their device be monitored so closely. Maybe this not only needs some > sort of change to the logging mechanism, but also an opt-in by the > driver if they don't expect runtime link changes. Thanks,
Is there anyway to detect autonomous hardware management support and not report link state changes in that situation?
I thought there were some capability bits for these.
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