If a PCI device supports neither function-level reset, nor slot
or bus reset then refuse to probe it. A line is printed to inform
the user.
Without this change starting qemu with a vfio-pci device can lead to
a kernel panic on some Cavium cn8xxx systems, depending on the used
device.
Signed-off-by: Jan Glauber <jglauber@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
index 063c1ce..029ba13 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
@@ -1196,6 +1196,12 @@ static int vfio_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
if (pdev->hdr_type != PCI_HEADER_TYPE_NORMAL)
return -EINVAL;
+ ret = pci_probe_reset_bus(pdev->bus);
+ if (ret) {
+ dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Refusing to probe because reset is not possible.\n");
+ return ret;
+ }
+
group = vfio_iommu_group_get(&pdev->dev);
if (!group)
return -EINVAL;
--
2.9.0.rc0.21.g7777322
