[PATCH v2 12/13] PCI/CXL: Add a sysfs entry to unmask SBR

From: Fabio M. De Francesco

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 22:33:38 EST


A Secondary Bus Reset of a CXL Downstream Port only reaches the component
below it when the Port's Unmask SBR bit is set. CXL r4.0 sec 8.1.5.2
Table 8-32: "When cleared to 0 (default), the SBR bit in this Port's
Bridge Control register has no effect." A kernel that unmasks it on its own initiative overrules
that for every path reaching pci_bridge_secondary_bus_reset() SBR.

Add a cxl_unmask_sbr attribute beside reset_subordinate in the Port's
sysfs directory to allow kernel triggered SBR of CXL DPorts.

Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fabio.m.de.francesco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 16 +++++++++++++
drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/pci.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 48 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
index b767db2c52cb..7b0314da6f4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
@@ -174,6 +174,22 @@ Description:
similiar to writing 1 to their individual "reset" file, so use
with caution.

+What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../cxl_unmask_sbr
+Date: August 2026
+Contact: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+Description:
+ This is visible only for a CXL Downstream Port, that is a Root
+ Port or a Downstream Switch Port that publishes the CXL
+ Extensions DVSEC for Ports. Such a Port ignores the Secondary
+ Bus Reset bit in its Bridge Control register unless its
+ "Unmask SBR" bit is set, and system firmware leaves that bit
+ clear by default.
+
+ Writing 1 allows the kernel to set "Unmask SBR" while it
+ resets the Port's secondary bus, so that the reset reaches the
+ component below the Port. While this reads 0, a bus reset of
+ the Port fails instead.
+
What: /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../vpd
Date: February 2008
Contact: Ben Hutchings <bwh@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index 5ec0b245a69b..ba1cae6ab4fa 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -573,6 +573,33 @@ static ssize_t reset_subordinate_store(struct device *dev,
}
static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(reset_subordinate);

+static ssize_t cxl_unmask_sbr_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", pdev->cxl_unmask_sbr);
+}
+
+static ssize_t cxl_unmask_sbr_store(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
+ unsigned long val;
+
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ if (kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val) < 0)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ pdev->cxl_unmask_sbr = !!val;
+
+ return count;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(cxl_unmask_sbr);
+
#if defined(CONFIG_PM) && defined(CONFIG_ACPI)
static ssize_t d3cold_allowed_store(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -650,6 +677,7 @@ static struct attribute *pci_bridge_attrs[] = {
&dev_attr_subordinate_bus_number.attr,
&dev_attr_secondary_bus_number.attr,
&dev_attr_reset_subordinate.attr,
+ &dev_attr_cxl_unmask_sbr.attr,
NULL,
};

@@ -1824,6 +1852,9 @@ static umode_t pci_bridge_attrs_are_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);

+ if (a == &dev_attr_cxl_unmask_sbr.attr && !is_cxl_dport(pdev))
+ return 0;
+
if (pci_is_bridge(pdev))
return a->mode;

diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 0d9832ce6f3d..bc0f652eff80 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ struct pci_dev {
unsigned int shpc_managed:1; /* SHPC owned by shpchp */
unsigned int is_thunderbolt:1; /* Thunderbolt controller */
unsigned int is_cxl:1; /* Compute Express Link (CXL) */
+ unsigned int cxl_unmask_sbr:1; /* SBR unmask allowed by user */
/*
* Devices marked being untrusted are the ones that can potentially
* execute DMA attacks and similar. They are typically connected
--
2.55.0