[RFC PATCH 5/5] vfio/pci: Use pci_reset_supported() in place of reset_works
From: Alex Williamson
Date: Wed Aug 12 2026 - 00:56:57 EST
vfio-pci latches whether pci_reset_function() works at open device and
makes decisions based on this latched value at runtime. With the
introduction of the reset_method pci-sysfs attribute, this flag can
be made stale at runtime by administrative action. Further, with the
SR-IOV active VFs gating of pci_reset_function(), the flag can be made
stale via more subtle dependencies.
Drop the latched flag and rely on pci_reset_supported() to indicate
whether reset methods exist for the device. This is no guarantee that
those reset methods work, nor has the RESET flag in struct
vfio_device_info ever been a guarantee of VFIO_DEVICE_RESET success.
It's only a guarantee that there are reset methods that are
applicable to the device at the instant it's called.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c | 9 ++++-----
include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h | 1 -
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
index 956a05ca12e5..8e42342d56d3 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
@@ -609,7 +609,6 @@ int vfio_pci_core_enable(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev)
if (ret == -EAGAIN)
goto out_disable_device;
- vdev->reset_works = !ret;
pci_save_state(pdev);
vdev->pci_saved_state = pci_store_saved_state(pdev);
if (!vdev->pci_saved_state)
@@ -766,7 +765,7 @@ void vfio_pci_core_disable(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev)
if (pci_load_and_free_saved_state(pdev, &vdev->pci_saved_state)) {
pci_info(pdev, "%s: Couldn't reload saved state\n", __func__);
- if (!vdev->reset_works)
+ if (!pci_reset_supported(pdev))
goto out;
pci_save_state(pdev);
@@ -785,7 +784,7 @@ void vfio_pci_core_disable(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev)
* We can not use the "try" reset interface here, which will
* overwrite the previously restored configuration information.
*/
- if (vdev->reset_works) {
+ if (pci_reset_supported(pdev)) {
bridge = pci_upstream_bridge(pdev);
if (bridge && !pci_dev_trylock(bridge))
goto out_restore_state;
@@ -1098,7 +1097,7 @@ static int vfio_pci_ioctl_get_info(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
info.flags = VFIO_DEVICE_FLAGS_PCI;
- if (vdev->reset_works)
+ if (pci_reset_supported(vdev->pdev))
info.flags |= VFIO_DEVICE_FLAGS_RESET;
info.num_regions = VFIO_PCI_NUM_REGIONS + vdev->num_regions;
@@ -1330,7 +1329,7 @@ static int vfio_pci_ioctl_reset(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev,
{
int ret;
- if (!vdev->reset_works)
+ if (!pci_reset_supported(vdev->pdev))
return -EINVAL;
vfio_pci_zap_and_down_write_memory_lock(vdev);
diff --git a/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h b/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h
index 9a1674c152aa..6fb599ec2919 100644
--- a/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ struct vfio_pci_core_device {
/* Flags only modified on setup/release - bitfield ok */
bool has_dyn_msix:1;
bool pci_2_3:1;
- bool reset_works:1;
bool extended_caps:1;
bool has_vga:1;
bool nointx:1;
--
2.53.0