Re: amdgpu vs kexec

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 10:51:23AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 09:12:12PM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> 
> > How about if we reset before the kexec?  There is a symbol for drivers to
> > use to know they're about to go through kexec to do $THINGS.
> > 
> > Something like this:
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
> > index 0fc0eeedc6461..2b1216b14d618 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_drv.c
> > @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
> > 
> >  #include <linux/cc_platform.h>
> >  #include <linux/dynamic_debug.h>
> > +#include <linux/kexec.h>
> >  #include <linux/module.h>
> >  #include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
> >  #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
> > @@ -2544,6 +2545,9 @@ amdgpu_pci_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> >                 adev->mp1_state = PP_MP1_STATE_UNLOAD;
> >         amdgpu_device_ip_suspend(adev);
> >         adev->mp1_state = PP_MP1_STATE_NONE;
> > +
> > +       if (kexec_in_progress)
> > +               amdgpu_asic_reset(adev);
> >  }
> > 
> >  static int amdgpu_pmops_prepare(struct device *dev)
> 
> I will throw this in the dev kernel... I'll let you know.

First hurdle appears to be that this symbol is not exported. I fixed
that, but perhaps the kexec folks don't like drivers to use this?