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Re: [Xen-devel] xen crash related to pci passthrough

To: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xen crash related to pci passthrough
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 21:02:55 +0100
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On 27/05/2010 20:51, "Jeremy Fitzhardinge" <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>    3. attach device to PV domU
>       dom0# xl pci-attach f13pv64 0000:03:00.0
>    4. unbind from pciback
>       dom0# echo 0000:03:00.0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pciback/unbind
>    5. rmmod driver in domU
>       domU# rmmod e1000e
>    6. Crash!
> 
> The device in question is an Intel 82574L ethernet controller, using
> msi-x interrupts.

What happens if you pci-detach before unbinding from pciback? Not that Xen
should crash of course, but a crash resulting from a mistake in detach
ordring in dom0 would be less worrying than some alternatives.

 -- Keir



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