Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: disable SERR for kdump kernel

[Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>]

On 4/20/2017 7:37 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> On 4/18/2017 8:31 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>> * pci_setup_device - fill in class and map information of a device
>>>   * @dev: the device structure to fill
>>> @@ -1572,6 +1592,9 @@ int pci_setup_device(struct pci_dev *dev
>>>       /* device class may be changed after fixup */
>>>       class = dev->class >> 8;
>>>
>>> +     if (is_kdump_kernel())
>>> +             pci_disable_serr(dev);
>>> +
>>
>> This sounds like something that needs to be done while shutting down
>> the first kernel as part of the kdump procedure rather than boot of
>> the kdump kernel in pci setup.
> 
> For kdump path, first kernel shutdown path is not called.
> 
> We have to do sth in second kernel instead.
> 

I didn't know that. Bjorn's compatibility point is also a concern. 
Ideally you want something in both places.

> Thanks
> 
> Yinghai
> 


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Sinan Kaya
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