[PATCH rc v2 4/5] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Skip EVTQ/PRIQ setup in kdump kernel

Nicolin Chen nicolinc at nvidia.com
Wed Apr 15 14:17:39 PDT 2026


In kdump cases, the crashed kernel's CDs and page tables can be corrupted,
which could trigger event spamming. Also, we cannot serve page requests.

Skip the EVTQ/PRIQ setup entirely rather than enabling then disabling them.

Also add some inline comments explaining that.

Fixes: b63b3439b856 ("iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Abort all transactions if SMMU is enabled in kdump kernel")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v6.12+
Suggested-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian at intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolin Chen <nicolinc at nvidia.com>
---
 drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c | 43 +++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
index b2c34713bf9f2..12cd148a99dc6 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/arm-smmu-v3.c
@@ -5023,21 +5023,35 @@ static int arm_smmu_device_reset(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu)
 	cmd.opcode = CMDQ_OP_TLBI_NSNH_ALL;
 	arm_smmu_cmdq_issue_cmd_with_sync(smmu, &cmd);
 
-	/* Event queue */
-	writeq_relaxed(smmu->evtq.q.q_base, smmu->base + ARM_SMMU_EVTQ_BASE);
-	writel_relaxed(smmu->evtq.q.llq.prod, smmu->page1 + ARM_SMMU_EVTQ_PROD);
-	writel_relaxed(smmu->evtq.q.llq.cons, smmu->page1 + ARM_SMMU_EVTQ_CONS);
-
-	enables |= CR0_EVTQEN;
-	ret = arm_smmu_write_reg_sync(smmu, enables, ARM_SMMU_CR0,
-				      ARM_SMMU_CR0ACK);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(smmu->dev, "failed to enable event queue\n");
-		return ret;
+	/*
+	 * Event queue
+	 *
+	 * Do not enable in a kdump case, as the crashed kernel's CDs and page
+	 * tables might be corrupted, triggering event spamming.
+	 */
+	if (!is_kdump_kernel()) {
+		writeq_relaxed(smmu->evtq.q.q_base,
+			       smmu->base + ARM_SMMU_EVTQ_BASE);
+		writel_relaxed(smmu->evtq.q.llq.prod,
+			       smmu->page1 + ARM_SMMU_EVTQ_PROD);
+		writel_relaxed(smmu->evtq.q.llq.cons,
+			       smmu->page1 + ARM_SMMU_EVTQ_CONS);
+
+		enables |= CR0_EVTQEN;
+		ret = arm_smmu_write_reg_sync(smmu, enables, ARM_SMMU_CR0,
+					      ARM_SMMU_CR0ACK);
+		if (ret) {
+			dev_err(smmu->dev, "failed to enable event queue\n");
+			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
-	/* PRI queue */
-	if (smmu->features & ARM_SMMU_FEAT_PRI) {
+	/*
+	 * PRI queue
+	 *
+	 * Do not enable in a kdump case, as we cannot serve page requests.
+	 */
+	if (!is_kdump_kernel() && (smmu->features & ARM_SMMU_FEAT_PRI)) {
 		writeq_relaxed(smmu->priq.q.q_base,
 			       smmu->base + ARM_SMMU_PRIQ_BASE);
 		writel_relaxed(smmu->priq.q.llq.prod,
@@ -5070,9 +5084,6 @@ static int arm_smmu_device_reset(struct arm_smmu_device *smmu)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (is_kdump_kernel())
-		enables &= ~(CR0_EVTQEN | CR0_PRIQEN);
-
 	/* Enable the SMMU interface */
 	enables |= CR0_SMMUEN;
 	ret = arm_smmu_write_reg_sync(smmu, enables, ARM_SMMU_CR0,
-- 
2.43.0




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