Re: [PATCH] nouveau: pci: quiesce GPU on shutdown

From: Dave Airlie

Date: Wed Jan 21 2026 - 01:08:12 EST


On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 at 15:44, Li Chen <me@linux.beauty> wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> > Hi Danilo
> >
> > > On Wed Jan 21, 2026 at 1:50 AM CET, Li Chen wrote:
> > > > > > + usleep_range(200, 400);\
> > > > >
> > > > > Why is this needed? it at least needs a comment.
> > > >
> > > > This patch is needed for kexec/KHO/LUO reboot: firmware reset is skipped, so the GPU may remain in an active/DMA
> > > > state and the next kernel can fail to re-init nouveau. We can’t call the full DRM/TTM teardown from ->shutdown() because
> > > > userspace may still hold DRM fds during shutdown, which triggers WARNs.
> > > >
> > > > So the shutdown hook reuses the suspend/quiesce path (safe with open fds) and then powers down the PCI function (D3hot)
> > > > to leave the device in a consistent state for the next kernel.
> > >
> > > I think the question was about the usleep_range() specifically. :)
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for the hint.
> >
> > That usleep_range(200, 400) is just to give the PCI power transition time to settle before an immediate kexec jump.
> >
> > It’s mirroring the existing nouveau_pmops_suspend() behavior, which already does udelay(200) right after pci_set_power_state(..., PCI_D3hot). In ->shutdown() we’re allowed to
> > sleep, so I used usleep_range() instead of a busy-wait udelay().
>
> Dave, if this is ok, I would add it as comment in the next version.

Please do,

Also with that,

Reviewed-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Regards,
> Li
>