Re: [PATCH v7 11/12] PCI: liveupdate: Do not disable bus mastering on preserved devices during kexec

Pasha Tatashin <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 23:32:15 +0000
Newsgroups org.infradead.lists.kexec,org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-pci,org.kvack.linux-mm
Message-ID <178433113516.189683.9930130364443329744.b4-review@b4>
On Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:26:14 +0000, David Matlack <[email protected]> wrote:
> Do not disable bus mastering on outgoing preserved devices during
> pci_device_shutdown() for kexec.
> 
> Preserved devices must be allowed to perform memory transactions during
> a Live Update to ensure continuous operation.  Clearing the bus
> mastering bit would prevent these devices from issuing any memory
> requests while the new kernel boots.
> 
> [...]

Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <[email protected]>

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