Re: [PATCH v11 01/14] s390/vfio-ap: No need to disable IRQ after queue reset

[Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.ibm.com>]

On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:29:35 -0400
Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

> >> @@ -1177,7 +1166,10 @@ static int vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queues(struct mdev_device *mdev)
> >>   			 */
> >>   			if (ret)
> >>   				rc = ret;
> >> -			vfio_ap_irq_disable_apqn(AP_MKQID(apid, apqi));
> >> +			q = vfio_ap_get_queue(matrix_mdev,
> >> +					      AP_MKQID(apid, apqi));
> >> +			if (q)
> >> +				vfio_ap_free_aqic_resources(q);  

[..]

> >
> > Under what circumstances do we expect !q? If we don't, then we need to
> > complain one way or another.  
> 
> In the current code (i.e., prior to introducing the subsequent hot
> plug patches), an APQN can not be assigned to an mdev unless it
> references a queue device bound to the vfio_ap device driver; however,
> there is nothing preventing a queue device from getting unbound
> while the guest is running (one of the problems mostly resolved by this
> series). In that case, q would be NULL.

But if the queue does not belong to us any more it does not make sense
call vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queue() on it's APQN, or?

I think we should have 

if(!q)
	continue; 
at the very beginning of the loop body, or we want to be sure that q is
not null.