[LTP] Revert "tpci: unbind driver in test_assign_resources()"
Andrea Cervesato
andrea.cervesato@suse.com
Tue Aug 4 15:12:16 CEST 2026
Hi Tang,
> On 30/7/26 4:53 pm, Cyril Hrubis wrote:
> > Hi!
> >>> We recently confirmed this commit does cause a flood of I/O errors on
> >>> the root filesystem in our testing, leaving the machine unusable until
> >>> reboot.
> >>>
> >>> Given that, we'd appreciate the community helping to decide soon
> >>> whether the revert is warranted.
> >>
> >> Are you 100% sure that is caused by the patch you want to revert?
> >> Because the patch looked ok to me when I reviewed. We need to have
> >> more context and info around the issue which has been generated in
> >> order to avoid any workaround for a system/kernel bug.
> >
> > AFAIK the testing module grabs first device available on the system and
> > uses it for testing. Which means that if you are unlucky it's your
> > network card, or disk controller and you force reload it on a live
> > system.
> >
> > And honestly the PCI test should be either rewritten and cleaned up to
> > do something more sensible or just removed. As it is it's too fragile.
> >
>
> Thank you for your feedback. It is very helpful to us.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Yi
>
Are you going to work on a new patch? what we do with this one?
Regards,
--
Andrea Cervesato
SUSE QE Automation Engineer Linux
andrea.cervesato@suse.com
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