While using the sysfs new_id interface, the user can unintentionally feed
incorrect values if the driver static table has a matching entry. This is
possible since only the device and vendor fields are mandatory and the rest
are optional. As a result, store_new_id() will fill in default values that
are then passed on to the driver and can have unintended consequences.
As an example, consider the ixgbe driver and the 82599EB network card:
echo "8086 10fb" > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ixgbe/new_id
This will pass a pci_device_id with driver_data = 0 to ixgbe_probe(), which
uses that zero to index a table of card operations. The zeroth entry of
the table does *not* correspond to the 82599 operations.
This change returns an error if the user attempts to add a dynid for a
vendor/device combination for which a static entry already exists.
However, if the user intentionally wants a different set of values, she
must provide all the 7 fields and that will be accepted.
[bhelgaas: drop KVM text since the problem isn't KVM-specific]
Signed-off-by: Bandan Das <bsd@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
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