linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 02/10] PCI: Add additional checks for flr reset

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Message-ID: <20251001143703.GA408411@p1gen4-pw042f0m>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 16:37:03 +0200
From: Benjamin Block <bblock@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Farhan Ali <alifm@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        alex.williamson@...hat.com, helgaas@...nel.org, clg@...hat.com,
        schnelle@...ux.ibm.com, mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 02/10] PCI: Add additional checks for flr reset

On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 10:16:20AM -0700, Farhan Ali wrote:
> If a device is in an error state, then any reads of device registers can
> return error value. Add addtional checks to validate if a device is in an
> error state before doing an flr reset.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Farhan Ali <alifm@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/pci.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 

Apart from the discussion about a stable tag this looks good to me.


Reviewed-by: Benjamin Block <bblock@...ux.ibm.com>

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