Re: [Qemu-ppc] [PATCH v4 18/24] qdev: hotplug: provide do_unplug handler

[David Hildenbrand]

On 08/10/2018 14:19, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 13:47:53 +0200
> David Hildenbrand <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>>> That way using [2] and [1 - modulo it should match only concrete type]
>>> machine would be able to override hotplug handlers for TYPE_VIRTIO_PMEM_PCI
>>> and explicitly call machine + pci hotplug handlers in necessary order.
>>>
>>> flow would look like:
>>>   [acpi|shcp|native pci-e eject]->  
>>>        hotplug_ctrl = qdev_get_hotplug_handler(dev);
>>>        hotplug_handler_unplug(hotplug_ctrl, dev, &local_err); ->
>>>             machine_unplug()
>>>                machine_virtio_pci_pmem_cb(): 
>>>                   // we now that's device has 2 stage hotplug handlers,
>>>                   // so we can arrange hotplug sequence in necessary order
>>>                   hotplug_ctrl2 = qdev_get_bus_hotplug_handler(dev);
>>>
>>>                   //then do unplug in whatever order that's correct,
>>>                   // I'd assume tear down/stop PCI device first, flushing
>>>                   // command virtio command queues and that unplug memory 
>>> itself.
>>>                   hotplug_handler_unplug(hotplug_ctrl2, dev, &local_err);
>>>                   memory_device_unplug()
>>>   
>>
>> Looking into the details, this order is not possible. The unplug will
>> essentially do a device_unparent() leading to the whole hierarchy
>> getting destroyed. The memory_device part always has to come first.
> 
> Question here is if there are anything that should be handled first on
> virtio level before memory_device/pmem part is called?
> If there isn't it might be fine to swap the order of unplug sequence.
> 

Was asking myself the same thing, but as we are effectively holding the
iothread lock and the guest triggered the unplug, I guess it is fine to
unregister the memory region at this point.

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb