linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC 1/4] pci: disable msi/msix at probe time

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Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2015 18:20:28 +0100
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	Fam Zheng <famz@...hat.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel.send@...il.com>,
	Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@...hat.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 1/4] pci: disable msi/msix at probe time

commit d52877c7b1afb8c37ebe17e2005040b79cb618b0
    pci/irq: let pci_device_shutdown to call pci_msi_shutdown v2

attempted to address the problem of kexec getting
started after linux enabled msi/msix for a device,
and drivers being confused by msi being enabled,
by disabling msi at shutdown.

But arguably, it's better to disable msi/msix when kexec
starts - for example, kexec might run after a crash (kdump)
and shutdown callbacks are not always invoked in that case.

Cc: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel.send@...il.com>
Cc: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@...hat.com>
Cc: Fam Zheng <famz@...hat.com>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/pci/pci-driver.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
index 3cb2210..dac6d47 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
@@ -305,6 +305,12 @@ static long local_pci_probe(void *_ddi)
 	 */
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
 	pci_dev->driver = pci_drv;
+	/*
+	 * When using kexec, msi might be left enabled by the previous kernel,
+	 * this breaks things as some drivers assume msi/msi-x is off at boot.
+	 * Fix this by forcing msi off at startup.
+	 */
+	pci_msi_off(dev);
 	rc = pci_drv->probe(pci_dev, ddi->id);
 	if (!rc)
 		return rc;
-- 
MST

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