[PATCH v9] PCI: Add device-specific reset for Qualcomm devices

From: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez

Date: Fri Jun 12 2026 - 10:28:56 EST


Some Qualcomm PCIe devices (WCN6855/WCN7850 WiFi cards, SDX62/SDX65 modems)
lack working reset methods for VFIO passthrough scenarios. These devices
have no FLR capability, advertise NoSoftRst+ (blocking PM reset), and have
broken bus reset.

The problem manifests in VFIO passthrough scenarios:

- WCN6855 WiFi card (17cb:1103): Normal VM operation works fine, including
clean shutdown/reboot. However, when the VM terminates uncleanly
(crash, force-off), VFIO attempts to reset the device before it can
be assigned to another VM. Without a working reset method, the device
remains in an undefined state, preventing reuse.

- WCN7850 WiFi card (17cb:1107): Same behavior as WCN6855.

- SDX62/SDX65 5G modems (17cb:0308): Never successfully initialize even
on first VM assignment without proper reset capability.

Add device-specific reset entries for these Qualcomm devices using D3hot
power cycling. Testing shows that despite advertising NoSoftRst+, D3hot
transition provides sufficient reset for VFIO reuse, particularly after
unexpected VM termination. While not a complete reset (BARs preserved),
it provides the only viable reset mechanism for these devices.

Testing was performed on desktop platforms with M.2 WiFi and modem cards
using M.2-to-PCIe adapters, including extensive force-reset cycling to
verify stability.

Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v9:
- Complete redesign based on maintainer feedback (Alex Williamson, Bjorn
Helgaas, Rafael Wysocki): dropped general d3cold infrastructure entirely
and now just a single patch: the proven D3hot reset for specific
Qualcomm devices (device-specific reset)
- Previous v8 patch 1/3 (general d3cold) dropped: concerns about ACPI
portability, bridge issues, runtime PM, and lack of _PR3 hardware for
testing.
- Previous v8 patch 3/3 (quirk_no_bus_reset) already merged for v7.2
v8: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260609163649.319755-1-jtornosm@xxxxxxxxxx/

drivers/pci/quirks.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
index 431c021d7414..bac1edb6c2dc 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
@@ -4240,6 +4240,41 @@ static int reset_hinic_vf_dev(struct pci_dev *pdev, bool probe)
return 0;
}

+/*
+ * Device-specific reset method for certain Qualcomm devices via D3hot power
+ * cycle.
+ *
+ * These specific Qualcomm devices lack FLR capability, advertise NoSoftRst+
+ * (blocking PM reset), and have broken bus reset. Despite advertising
+ * NoSoftRst+, testing shows that D3hot transition provides sufficient reset
+ * for VFIO reuse, particularly after unexpected VM termination where the
+ * device would otherwise remain in an undefined state. While not a complete
+ * reset (BARs are preserved), it provides the only viable reset mechanism for
+ * these devices in the commented situations.
+ */
+static int reset_qualcomm_d3hot(struct pci_dev *dev, bool probe)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (probe)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (dev->current_state != PCI_D0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ret = pci_set_power_state(dev, PCI_D3hot);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ msleep(200);
+
+ ret = pci_set_power_state(dev, PCI_D0);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ msleep(200);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static const struct pci_dev_reset_methods pci_dev_reset_methods[] = {
{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL, PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82599_SFP_VF,
reset_intel_82599_sfp_virtfn },
@@ -4255,6 +4290,9 @@ static const struct pci_dev_reset_methods pci_dev_reset_methods[] = {
reset_chelsio_generic_dev },
{ PCI_VENDOR_ID_HUAWEI, PCI_DEVICE_ID_HINIC_VF,
reset_hinic_vf_dev },
+ { PCI_VENDOR_ID_QCOM, 0x1103, reset_qualcomm_d3hot }, /* WCN6855 */
+ { PCI_VENDOR_ID_QCOM, 0x1107, reset_qualcomm_d3hot }, /* WCN7850 */
+ { PCI_VENDOR_ID_QCOM, 0x0308, reset_qualcomm_d3hot }, /* SDX62/SDX65 */
{ 0 }
};

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2.54.0