Hi Bernd,
On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 03:21:36PM +0100, Bernd Schumacher wrote:
> Am Sonntag, dem 22.03.2026 um 09:27 +0100 schrieb Salvatore Bonaccorso:
> > Hmm, this is an interesting restult as I do not immediately see the
> > relation. The commit you point out was as well in 6.18.10 and
> > 6.19-rc1, so might you please test as well the kernel in unstable
> > (6.19.8-1) to see if you can trigger the problem as well?
>
> Installing linux-{image,modules,base,binary}-6.19.8+deb14-amd64_6.19.8-
> 1_amd64.deb and booting 6.19.8+deb14-amd64 (6.19.8-1) works without the
> described issues.
>
> >
> > Seconly: Can you confirm, if you revert this commit specifically on
> > top of the packaging, it fixes the issue you are facing?
>
> Because the commit is so small, I can revert it at on the top of the
> packages without further conflicts.
>
> The commit does changes bus.c and pci.c
>
> drivers/pci/bus.c:
> + pci_save_state(dev);
>
> drivers/pci/pci.c
> - if (!dev->state_saved)
> - return;
>
> Yes I can confirm. If I run 6.12.73 with the commit reverted:
> everything works
> (cd linux-stable; git checkout v6.12.73)
> (cd linux-stable; git revert --no-edit
> 58130e7ce6cb6e1f73221e412fef6c85ee561425)
> (cd linux-stable; make my_defconfig)
> (cd linux-stable; make -j $(nproc) bindeb-pkg)
> # sudo dpkg -i linux-image-6.12.73+_6.12.73-00001-g051b1435d070-
> 17_amd64.deb -> good
>
> I also have retested, if I run without reverting the commit: it does
> not work:
> (cd linux-stable; git checkout v6.12.73)
> (cd linux-stable; make my_defconfig)
> (cd linux-stable; make -j $(nproc) bindeb-pkg)
> # sudo dpkg -i linux-image-6.12.73_6.12.73-15_amd64.deb -> bad
>
>
> But I am happy that it works with the unstable kernel.
> So I think the future is ok.
> I can live with the unstable kernel until then.
Thanks for this confirmation! I will forward the bugreport upstream
including you in case there are followup questions.
Regards,
Salvatore
