[PATCH v2] arm64: hyperv: run VMBus kexec handler via syscore shutdown
From: Shradha Gupta
Date: Mon Sep 07 2026 - 05:34:20 EST
On ARM64, machine_shutdown() does not provide a platform hook between
device_shutdown() and smp_shutdown_nonboot_cpus(), unlike x86's
machine_ops.shutdown. This prevents the Hyper-V VMBus kexec handler
from running at the correct point during kexec shutdown, causing
kexec reboot to fail on ARM64 Hyper-V guests.
Use syscore_ops.shutdown instead: syscore_shutdown() runs in the same
window (after device_shutdown(), before CPUs are taken offline) where
VMBus UNLOAD and cpuhp_remove_state() must execute.
Provide ARM64-specific overrides of hv_setup_kexec_handler() and
hv_remove_kexec_handler() that register/unregister a syscore_ops
shutdown callback, replacing the __weak no-op stubs in hv_common.c.
On x86, the existing machine_ops.shutdown mechanism is unchanged.
Fixes: 9d7cf2c96758 ("Drivers: hv: Add arch independent default functions for some Hyper-V handlers")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260814093133.3191250-1-shradhagupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Suggested-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shradha Gupta <shradhagupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Naman Jain <namjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in V2
* Use syscore_ops.shutdown instead of a bare function pointer hook in
machine_shutdown(), per Catalin's suggestion.
---
arch/arm64/hyperv/mshyperv.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/hyperv/mshyperv.c b/arch/arm64/hyperv/mshyperv.c
index 4fdc26ade1d7..e608e546a395 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/hyperv/mshyperv.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/hyperv/mshyperv.c
@@ -15,10 +15,50 @@
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/version.h>
#include <linux/cpuhotplug.h>
+#include <linux/kexec.h>
+#include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
#include <asm/mshyperv.h>
static bool hyperv_initialized;
+/*
+ * Kexec handler registered by VMBus.
+ *
+ * On ARM64, machine_shutdown() does not provide a platform hook between
+ * device_shutdown() and smp_shutdown_nonboot_cpus(), unlike the
+ * machine_ops.shutdown mechanism used on x86. Use a syscore_ops shutdown
+ * callback instead: syscore_shutdown() runs after device_shutdown() and
+ * before CPUs are taken offline, which is the same window VMBus needs to
+ * run its UNLOAD message and cpuhp_remove_state() during kexec.
+ */
+static void (*hv_kexec_handler_fn)(void);
+
+static void hv_kexec_syscore_shutdown(void *data)
+{
+ if (kexec_in_progress && hv_kexec_handler_fn)
+ hv_kexec_handler_fn();
+}
+
+static const struct syscore_ops hv_kexec_syscore_ops = {
+ .shutdown = hv_kexec_syscore_shutdown,
+};
+
+static struct syscore hv_kexec_syscore = {
+ .ops = &hv_kexec_syscore_ops,
+};
+
+void hv_setup_kexec_handler(void (*handler)(void))
+{
+ hv_kexec_handler_fn = handler;
+ register_syscore(&hv_kexec_syscore);
+}
+
+void hv_remove_kexec_handler(void)
+{
+ unregister_syscore(&hv_kexec_syscore);
+ hv_kexec_handler_fn = NULL;
+}
+
int hv_get_hypervisor_version(union hv_hypervisor_version_info *info)
{
hv_get_vpreg_128(HV_REGISTER_HYPERVISOR_VERSION,
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