Re: [PATCH v9 12/13] PCI: liveupdate: Do not disable bus mastering on preserved devices during kexec
From: sashiko-bot
Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 16:21:29 EST
> Do not disable bus mastering on outgoing preserved devices during
> pci_device_shutdown() for kexec.
>
> Preserved devices must be allowed to perform memory transactions during
> a Live Update to ensure continuous operation. Clearing the bus
> mastering bit would prevent these devices from issuing any memory
> requests while the new kernel boots.
>
> Because bridges upstream of preserved endpoint devices are also
> automatically preserved, this change also avoids clearing bus mastering
> on them. This is critical because clearing bus mastering on an upstream
> bridge prevents the bridge from forwarding memory requests upstream (i.e.
> it would prevent the endpoint device from accessing system RAM and doing
> peer-to-peer transactions with devices not downstream of the bridge).
>
> Reviewed-by: Pranjal Shrivastava <praan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Samiullah Khawaja <skhawaja@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!
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