RE: [PATCH net-next] hv_netvsc: fix vf serial matching with pci slot info

From: Haiyang Zhang
Date: Thu Oct 11 2018 - 18:31:08 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:15 PM
> To: davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; KY Srinivasan
> <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> olaf@xxxxxxxxx; vkuznets <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>;
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> Subject: [PATCH net-next] hv_netvsc: fix vf serial matching with pci slot info
>
> From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The VF device's serial number is saved as a string in PCI slot's kobj name, not
> the slot->number. This patch corrects the netvsc driver, so the VF device can be
> successfully paired with synthetic NIC.
>
> Fixes: 00d7ddba1143 ("hv_netvsc: pair VF based on serial number")
> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Stephen for the reminder -- I added the "reported-by" here:

Reported-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>