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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 09/11] virtio: net: Add freeze, restore handlers to support S4
On (Sun) 02 Oct 2011 [11:33:26], Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 09:19:40PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote:
> > Remove all the vqs on hibernation and re-create them after restoring
> > from a hibernated image. This keeps networking working across
> > hibernation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > index dcd4b01..8b9ed43 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
> > @@ -1131,6 +1131,30 @@ static void __devexit virtnet_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> > free_netdev(vi->dev);
> > }
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_PM
> > +static int virtnet_freeze(struct virtio_device *vdev)
> > +{
> > + struct virtnet_info *vi = vdev->priv;
>
> I'm guessing we need to do something like netif_device_detach here,
> otherwise guest might be in the process of using the vq for transmit at
> this point.

Done.

> I think we also must make sure NAPI RX handler is not in progress.

How to do that? napi_disable() / napi_enable() doesn't seem right
(and it doesn't work, too). pci_disable_device() in the suspend
routine may work?

> We also might need to mask interrupts from the device
> to prevent TX or RX from getting rescheduled?

pci_disable_device() will help this too, right?

Amit


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