linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] pci: Suspend iommu function prior to resetting a device

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Message-ID: <20250828125149.GD7333@nvidia.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:51:49 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@...dia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] pci: Suspend iommu function prior to resetting a
 device

On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 11:50:58AM -0700, Nicolin Chen wrote:

> It feels like we need a no-fail re-attach operation, or at least an
> unlikely-to-fail one. I recall years ago we tried a can_attach op
> to test the compatibility but it didn't get merged. Maybe we'd need
> it so that a concurrent attach can test compatibility, allowing the
> re-attach in iommu_dev_reset_done() to more likely succeed.

This is probably the cleanest option to split these things

Jason