Re: [RFC PATCH v3] PCI/portdrv: Only disable Bus Master on kexec reboot and connected PCI devices

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 09:36:13AM +0800, Huacai Chen wrote:
> Hi, Tiezhu,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 7:25 PM Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 09/14/2020 05:46 PM, Huacai Chen wrote:
> > > Hi, Tiezhu,
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 5:30 PM Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> On 09/14/2020 04:52 PM, Huacai Chen wrote:
> > >>> Hi, Tiezhu,
> > >>>
> > >>> How do you test kexec? kexec -e or systemctl kexec? Or both?
> > >> kexec -l vmlinux --append="root=/dev/sda2 console=ttyS0,115200"
> > >> kexec -e
> > > So you haven't tested "systemctl kexec"?
> >
> > Yes, the distro I used is Loongnix which has not kexec service now.
> > Is there any problem when use systemctl kexec? If you have more details,
> > please let me know.
> If you use systemctl kexec, the first part of kexec is the same as a
> normal reboot/poweroff. So, there is no reason that reboot/poweroff is
> bad but kexec is good.
> Then, Bjorn, what is the best solution now? It seems like my first
> version is OK (commit messages should be improved, of course).

Sorry, there are too many conversations going on for me to keep track
of what first version you're referring to.  Please include a specific
lore.kernel.org URL.

Bjorn