Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/rtas_pci: No hotplug on permanently removed device on pSeries

[Madhavan Srinivasan]

On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:13:03 +0000, Shivaprasad G Bhat wrote:
> The eeh_driver disables and offlines the PE permanently when it
> exceeds the freeze count beyond eeh_max_freeze within the last hour.
> The PE is only offline, so the device tree entries, eeh device
> references are all intact till the real unplug of the device from
> the guest/host takes place.
> 
> On pSeries, with a new hotplug of any PCI device, the drmgr initiates
> a system-wide PCI rescan, which finds devices offlined by the eeh_driver
> and there will be attempts to bring them online. This leads to
> recurring EEHs either at the config read time itself or a bit
> later depending on the type of the problem.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/fixes.

[1/1] powerpc/rtas_pci: No hotplug on permanently removed device on pSeries
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/8a4978c17a144a6583478cce933bcb2dbb25298d

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