[PATCH v7 06/12] PCI: liveupdate: Auto-preserve upstream bridges across Live Update

Pasha Tatashin pasha.tatashin at soleen.com
Fri Jul 17 15:00:09 PDT 2026


On Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:26:09 +0000, David Matlack <dmatlack at google.com> wrote:
> When a PCI device is preserved across a Live Update, all of its upstream
> bridges up to the root port must also be preserved. This enables the PCI
> core and any drivers bound to the bridges to manage bridges correctly
> across a Live Update.
> 
> Notably, this will be used in subsequent commits to ensure that
> preserved devices can continue performing memory transactions without a
> disruption or change in routing.
> 
> [...]

Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com>

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Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com>



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