[PATCH v5 5/5] pci: Suspend iommu function prior to resetting a device
Tian, Kevin
kevin.tian at intel.com
Fri Nov 14 01:45:31 PST 2025
> From: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc at nvidia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2025 1:13 PM
>
> PCIe permits a device to ignore ATS invalidation TLPs, while processing a
> reset. This creates a problem visible to the OS where an ATS invalidation
> command will time out: e.g. an SVA domain will have no coordination with a
> reset event and can racily issue ATS invalidations to a resetting device.
>
> The PCIe spec in sec 10.3.1 IMPLEMENTATION NOTE recommends to disable
> and
> block ATS before initiating a Function Level Reset. It also mentions that
> other reset methods could have the same vulnerability as well.
>
> Now iommu_dev_reset_prepare/done() helpers are introduced for this
> matter.
> Use them in all the existing reset functions, which will attach the device
looks pci_reset_bus_function() was missed?
> @@ -971,6 +971,7 @@ void pci_set_acpi_fwnode(struct pci_dev *dev)
> int pci_dev_acpi_reset(struct pci_dev *dev, bool probe)
> {
> acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(&dev->dev);
> + int ret = 0;
no need to initialize it. ditto for other reset functions.
> +/*
> + * Per PCIe r6.3, sec 10.3.1 IMPLEMENTATION NOTE, software disables ATS
> before
> + * initiating a reset. Notify the iommu driver that enabled ATS.
> + */
> +int pci_reset_iommu_prepare(struct pci_dev *dev)
> +{
> + if (pci_ats_supported(dev))
> + return iommu_dev_reset_prepare(&dev->dev);
> + return 0;
> +}
the comment says "driver that enabled ATS", but the code checks
whether ATS is supported.
which one is desired?
>
> + /* Have to call it after waiting for pending DMA transaction */
> + ret = pci_reset_iommu_prepare(dev);
> + if (ret) {
> + pci_err(dev, "failed to stop IOMMU\n");
the error message could be more informative.
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