The value of 'start' entry is no change whenever writing 0 to configfs. So the endpoint that stopped once can't restart. Fixes: d74679911610 ("PCI: endpoint: Introduce configfs entry for configuring EP functions") Cc: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) Since the possibility of restarting endpoint is up to each controller, if restart is prohibited on purpose for some reason, this patch can be ignored. diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c index d1288a0..4fead88 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-ep-cfs.c @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static ssize_t pci_epc_start_store(struct config_item *item, const char *page, if (!start) { pci_epc_stop(epc); + epc_group->start = 0; return len; } -- 2.7.4