[PATCH 4/4] PCI/AER: Trigger kernel panic on recovery failure if aer_panic is set

Hans Zhang 18255117159 at 163.com
Sat May 17 02:55:18 AEST 2025


From: Hans Zhang <hans.zhang at cixtech.com>

Modify pcie_do_recovery() to panic the system when device recovery fails
and aer_panic is enabled via kernel command-line. This addresses scenarios
where PCIe link errors cause bus hangs requiring forced reboots.

Signed-off-by: Hans Zhang <hans.zhang at cixtech.com>
---
 drivers/pci/pcie/err.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/err.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/err.c
index 31090770fffc..f0994f66d462 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/err.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/err.c
@@ -271,8 +271,12 @@ pci_ers_result_t pcie_do_recovery(struct pci_dev *dev,
 
 	pci_uevent_ers(bridge, PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT);
 
-	/* TODO: Should kernel panic here? */
-	pci_info(bridge, "device recovery failed\n");
+	if (!pci_aer_panic_enabled())
+		pci_info(bridge, "%s: device recovery failed\n",
+			 pci_name(bridge));
+	else
+		panic("Kernel panic: %s: device recovery failed\n",
+		      pci_name(bridge));
 
 	return status;
 }
-- 
2.25.1



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