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The patch set in preparation is:

[RFC 0/2] Enable PF-VF linking with pdev->no_vf_scan (s390)
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/[email protected]/

[RFC 1/2] PCI/IOV: Introduce pci_iov_sysfs_link() function
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/[email protected]/

[RFC 2/2] s390/pci: create links between PFs and VFs
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/[email protected]/

As already mentioned, target to upstream acceptance is kernel 5.8.


** Description changed:

- Description will follow
+ As with other architectures, we must be able on s390x to verify the
+ following relationships between PFs and VFs for proper management
+ (including by libvirt) of network interfaces:
+ 
+ 1. Determine if a device is a virtual function: for other architectures this 
is currently available in the file `physfn` which is a link to the parent PF's 
device.
+ 2. Determine virtual functions of a physical function: for other 
architectures this is currently available as `virtfn{index}` links under the PF 
device's directory.
+ 3. Determine the physical function of a virtual function: on x86 this is 
currently available in the file `physfn` which is a link to the parent PF
+ 
+ More details for the already existing parameters mentioned above can be
+ found here: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-
+ bus-pci
+ 
+ Moreover creating not just the sysfs but also the in-kernel link
+ (struct pci_dev->physfn) also allows us to use the common code path
+ for disabling/shutdown of PFs.
+ This code path is currently fenced off by the
+ struct pci_dev->no_vf_scan flag of which s390 is currently the only user.
+ 
+ This in turn allows for a graceful and orderly shutdown of VFs
+ associated with a VF as triggered by:
+ 
+ echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/<some_pf>/sriov_numvfs
+ 
+ Previously this could leave the card in an unresponsive error state.
+ 
+ The patches for this have been discussed and Acked-by the
+ responsible upstream maintainer here:
+ 
+ [RFC 0/2] Enable PF-VF linking with pdev->no_vf_scan (s390)
+ 
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/[email protected]/
+ 
+ [RFC 1/2] PCI/IOV: Introduce pci_iov_sysfs_link() function
+ 
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/[email protected]/
+ 
+ [RFC 2/2] s390/pci: create links between PFs and VFs
+ 
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/[email protected]/
+ 
+ They are currently queued to be posted to the public s390 Kernel
+ repository and linux-next / 5.8.
+ These depend on the previous multi-function/enumeration rework.

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  [UBUNTU 20.04] s390x/pci: implement linking between PF and VF for
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