[RFC PATCH 11/21] vfio/pci: Skip clearing bus master on live update device during kexec
From: Vipin Sharma
Date: Fri Oct 17 2025 - 20:10:31 EST
Set skip_kexec_clear_master on live update prepare() so that the device
participating in live update can continue to perform DMA during kexec
phase.
Signed-off-by: Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c
index 8e0ee01127b3..789b52665e35 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ static int vfio_pci_liveupdate_prepare(struct liveupdate_file_handler *handler,
goto err_free_folio;
*data = virt_to_phys(ser);
+ vdev->pdev->skip_kexec_clear_master = true;
return 0;
@@ -67,7 +68,12 @@ static void vfio_pci_liveupdate_cancel(struct liveupdate_file_handler *handler,
{
struct vfio_pci_core_device_ser *ser = phys_to_virt(data);
struct folio *folio = virt_to_folio(ser);
+ struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev;
+ struct vfio_device *device;
+ device = vfio_device_from_file(file);
+ vdev = container_of(device, struct vfio_pci_core_device, vdev);
+ vdev->pdev->skip_kexec_clear_master = false;
WARN_ON_ONCE(kho_unpreserve_folio(folio));
folio_put(folio);
}
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