[PATCH] firmware: arm_ffa: Tear down driver during shutdown

[Carol Soto]

On 9/1/26 8:11 AM, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> The platform core invokes a driver's shutdown callback, rather than its
> remove callback, while preparing devices for a normal kexec. Without a
> shutdown callback, the FF-A driver leaves notifications, partition devices,
> and the RX/TX mapping active before the replacement kernel is booted.
>
> Use ffa_remove() for shutdown so the existing cleanup runs before a normal
> kexec and other orderly system shutdowns.
>
> Reported-by: Nat Gurumoorthy <natg at google.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260729162731.1383875-1-natg@google.com/
> Reported-by: Carol L Soto <csoto at nvidia.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260818224404.3694580-1-csoto@nvidia.com
> Reported-by: Maxi Saparov <masaparov at coreweave.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260826222337.73480-1-maxi.saparov@gmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla at kernel.org>
> ---
>   drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c
> index 0121bd0a7e01..7f42ffe79f22 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_ffa/driver.c
> @@ -2271,6 +2271,7 @@ static void ffa_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>   static struct platform_driver ffa_driver = {
>   	.probe = ffa_probe,
>   	.remove = ffa_remove,
> +	.shutdown = ffa_remove,
>   	.driver = {
>   		.name = FFA_PLATFORM_NAME,
>   	},

Thanks, I tested this solution and it works for me.
Tested-by: Carol L Soto <csoto at nvidia.com>