Re: amdgpu vs kexec

[Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>]

On 06/18/25 at 11:12am, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 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?

I can't find the original mail of this thread, while we don't have a
known restriction about that afaik.