Re: [PATCH v11 06/11] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Add ARM_SMMU_OPT_KDUMP_ADOPT for kdump kernel

[Jason Gunthorpe]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2026 at 09:41:18AM +0100, John Garry wrote:

> No, that's the point. Currently you first try the adopt mechanism; if a
> problem is found there, you fall back to the normal full reset. My idea is
> that if a problem is found with the adopt mechanism, you just re-probe with
> the normal full reset method, so that you don't need to undo some adopt work
> during the probe.

It is hard to convay information across a re-prode to tell the
second probe to act differently.

Jason