linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] iommu/amd: Skip enabling command/event buffers for kdump

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Message-ID: <770f0fe1-08da-417e-9a0e-fc19d1781f51@amd.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:00:51 +0530
From: Sairaj Kodilkar <sarunkod@....com>
To: Ashish Kalra <Ashish.Kalra@....com>, <joro@...tes.org>,
	<suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>, <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
	<Sairaj.ArunKodilkar@....com>, <Vasant.Hegde@....com>,
	<herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
CC: <seanjc@...gle.com>, <pbonzini@...hat.com>, <will@...nel.org>,
	<robin.murphy@....com>, <john.allen@....com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<michael.roth@....com>, <iommu@...ts.linux.dev>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
	<kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] iommu/amd: Skip enabling command/event buffers for
 kdump



On 7/22/2025 3:23 AM, Ashish Kalra wrote:
> From: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@....com>
> 
> After a panic if SNP is enabled in the previous kernel then the kdump
> kernel boots with IOMMU SNP enforcement still enabled.
> 
> IOMMU command buffers and event buffer registers remain locked and
> exclusive to the previous kernel. Attempts to enable command and event
> buffers in the kdump kernel will fail, as hardware ignores writes to
> the locked MMIO registers as per AMD IOMMU spec Section 2.12.2.1.
> 
> Skip enabling command buffers and event buffers for kdump boot as they
> are already enabled in the previous kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@....com>
Tested-by: Sairaj Kodilkar <sarunkod@....com>