netdev - Re: [PATCH] igb: fix kexec with igb

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Date:	Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:57:36 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] igb: fix kexec with igb

On Saturday 07 March 2009, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Jesse Brandeburg
> <jesse.brandeburg@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Impact: could probe igb
> >>
> >> Found one system with 82575EB, in the kernel that is kexeced, probe igb
> >> failed with -2.
> >>
> >> it looks like the same behavior happened on forcedeth.
> >>
> >> try to check system_state to make sure if put it on D3
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
> >>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c |   19 ++++++++++++++-----
> >>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > I see the point of the patch, but I know for a fact that ixgbe when
> > enabled for MSI-X also doesn't work with kexec.
> >
> > so my questions are:
> > are you going to change every driver?
> 
> i tend to only change driver that i have related HW.
> 
> > why can't this be fixed in core kernel code instead?
> will check it.
> 
> > Shouldn't pci_enable_device take it out of D3?
> > Or maybe it should be taken out of D3 immediately if someone tries to
> > ioremap any of the BARx registers?
> 
> 
> looks like second kernel can not detect the state any more.

In fact pci_enable_device() calls pci_set_power_state(dev, PCI_D0) as the first
thing.  The question is why it doesn't work as expected.

What kernel(s) have you tested?

Thanks,
Rafael
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