--- /dev/null
+What:          /sys/devices/pci0000:00/*/QEMU0001:00/capability
+Date:          Jan 2021
+Contact:       zhenwei pi <pizhenwei@bytedance.com>
+Description:
+               Read-only attribute. Capabilities of pvpanic device which
+               are supported by QEMU.
+
+               Format: %x.
+
+               Detailed bit definition refers to section <Bit Definition>
+               from pvpanic device specification:
+               https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=blob_plain;f=docs/specs/pvpanic.txt
 
 #include <uapi/misc/pvpanic.h>
 
 static void __iomem *base;
+static unsigned int capability = PVPANIC_PANICKED | PVPANIC_CRASH_LOADED;
+
+static ssize_t capability_show(struct device *dev,
+                              struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+       return sysfs_emit(buf, "%x", capability);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(capability);
+
+static struct attribute *pvpanic_dev_attrs[] = {
+       &dev_attr_capability.attr,
+       NULL
+};
+ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(pvpanic_dev);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Hu Tao <hutao@cn.fujitsu.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("pvpanic device driver");
 static void
 pvpanic_send_event(unsigned int event)
 {
-       iowrite8(event, base);
+       if (event & capability)
+               iowrite8(event, base);
 }
 
 static int
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list,
-                                      &pvpanic_panic_nb);
+       /* initlize capability by RDPT */
+       capability &= ioread8(base);
+
+       if (capability)
+               atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list,
+                                              &pvpanic_panic_nb);
 
        return 0;
 }
 static int pvpanic_mmio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 
-       atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&panic_notifier_list,
-                                        &pvpanic_panic_nb);
+       if (capability)
+               atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&panic_notifier_list,
+                                                &pvpanic_panic_nb);
 
        return 0;
 }
                .name = "pvpanic-mmio",
                .of_match_table = pvpanic_mmio_match,
                .acpi_match_table = pvpanic_device_ids,
+               .dev_groups = pvpanic_dev_groups,
        },
        .probe = pvpanic_mmio_probe,
        .remove = pvpanic_mmio_remove,