A Secondary Bus Reset of a CXL Downstream Port only reaches the component
below it when the Port's Unmask SBR bit is set. CXL r4.0 sec 8.1.5.2
Table 8-32: "When cleared to 0 (default), the SBR bit in this Port's
Bridge Control register has no effect." A kernel that unmasks it on its own 
initiative overrules
that for every path reaching pci_bridge_secondary_bus_reset() SBR.

Add a cxl_unmask_sbr attribute beside reset_subordinate in the Port's
sysfs directory to allow kernel triggered SBR of CXL DPorts.

Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <[email protected]>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci | 16 +++++++++++++
 drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c                 | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/pci.h                     |  1 +
 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci 
b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
index b767db2c52cb..7b0314da6f4d 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-pci
@@ -174,6 +174,22 @@ Description:
                similiar to writing 1 to their individual "reset" file, so use
                with caution.
 
+What:          /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../cxl_unmask_sbr
+Date:          August 2026
+Contact:       [email protected]
+Description:
+               This is visible only for a CXL Downstream Port, that is a Root
+               Port or a Downstream Switch Port that publishes the CXL
+               Extensions DVSEC for Ports.  Such a Port ignores the Secondary
+               Bus Reset bit in its Bridge Control register unless its
+               "Unmask SBR" bit is set, and system firmware leaves that bit
+               clear by default.
+
+               Writing 1 allows the kernel to set "Unmask SBR" while it
+               resets the Port's secondary bus, so that the reset reaches the
+               component below the Port.  While this reads 0, a bus reset of
+               the Port fails instead.
+
 What:          /sys/bus/pci/devices/.../vpd
 Date:          February 2008
 Contact:       Ben Hutchings <[email protected]>
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index 5ec0b245a69b..ba1cae6ab4fa 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -573,6 +573,33 @@ static ssize_t reset_subordinate_store(struct device *dev,
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(reset_subordinate);
 
+static ssize_t cxl_unmask_sbr_show(struct device *dev,
+                                  struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+       struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
+
+       return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", pdev->cxl_unmask_sbr);
+}
+
+static ssize_t cxl_unmask_sbr_store(struct device *dev,
+                                   struct device_attribute *attr,
+                                   const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+       struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
+       unsigned long val;
+
+       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+               return -EPERM;
+
+       if (kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val) < 0)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       pdev->cxl_unmask_sbr = !!val;
+
+       return count;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(cxl_unmask_sbr);
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_PM) && defined(CONFIG_ACPI)
 static ssize_t d3cold_allowed_store(struct device *dev,
                                    struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -650,6 +677,7 @@ static struct attribute *pci_bridge_attrs[] = {
        &dev_attr_subordinate_bus_number.attr,
        &dev_attr_secondary_bus_number.attr,
        &dev_attr_reset_subordinate.attr,
+       &dev_attr_cxl_unmask_sbr.attr,
        NULL,
 };
 
@@ -1824,6 +1852,9 @@ static umode_t pci_bridge_attrs_are_visible(struct 
kobject *kobj,
        struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
        struct pci_dev *pdev = to_pci_dev(dev);
 
+       if (a == &dev_attr_cxl_unmask_sbr.attr && !is_cxl_dport(pdev))
+               return 0;
+
        if (pci_is_bridge(pdev))
                return a->mode;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 0d9832ce6f3d..bc0f652eff80 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ struct pci_dev {
        unsigned int    shpc_managed:1;         /* SHPC owned by shpchp */
        unsigned int    is_thunderbolt:1;       /* Thunderbolt controller */
        unsigned int    is_cxl:1;               /* Compute Express Link (CXL) */
+       unsigned int    cxl_unmask_sbr:1;       /* SBR unmask allowed by user */
        /*
         * Devices marked being untrusted are the ones that can potentially
         * execute DMA attacks and similar. They are typically connected
-- 
2.55.0


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