Re: [PATCH 0/4] PCI: Reset exclusions

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Fri Jan 16 2015 - 11:16:01 EST


On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 06:28:02PM -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:24:02AM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote:
> > This is really 2 sets of 2 patches, but they both add bits to
> > dev_flags so are included together.
> >
> > This fixes two problems we've seen with resets. The first is for
> > devices that advertise a PM reset mechanism, but it doesn't appear to
> > do anything. We add a quirk and flags bit to indicate the PM reset
> > mechanism isn't viable. This happens on some AMD GPUs and causes
> > vfio-pci to assume the PM reset was successful when it really did
> > nothing and we should have escalated to a PCI bus reset. Alex
> > Deucher confirms that PM reset isn't used by graphics drivers. The
> > exclusion here is for users of pci_reset_function(), which mostly
> > only includes pci-sysfs and drivers like legacy KVM device assignment
> > and VFIO.
> >
> > The second issue is a problem identified with an Atheros wifi chip
> > where in performing a bus reset of the device, we not only permanently
> > lose access to the device, but it introduces host stability issues if
> > we try to access it. I've been unsuccessful in finding any way to
> > make the device behave or in finding anyone with access to hardware
> > documentation and errata for this device, so it seems like the most
> > appropriate path is to blacklist bus resets for topologies including
> > this device. The second two patches add infrastructure and quirks to
> > do this. Thanks,
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Alex Williamson (4):
> > PCI: quirk Atheros AR93xx to avoid bus reset
> > PCI: Allow device quirks to exclude bus reset
>
> I applied these two (above) to for-linus for v3.19, thanks.
>
> > PCI: quirk AMD/ATI VGA cards to avoid PM reset
> > PCI: Allow device quirks to exclude D3->D0 PM reset

And I applied these PM reset patches to pci/virtualization for v3.20 (with
Alex's ack on the latter), thanks!

> >
> > drivers/pci/pci.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> > drivers/pci/quirks.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > include/linux/pci.h | 4 ++++
> > 3 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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