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1 From bafda858364003a70b9cda84282f9761587f8033 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
2 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marek=20Beh=C3=BAn?= <kabel@kernel.org>
3 Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:47:38 +0100
4 Subject: [PATCH] PCI: aardvark: Update comment about link going down after
5 link-up
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10 Update the comment about what happens when link goes down after we have
11 checked for link-up. If a PIO request is done while link-down, we have
12 a serious problem.
13
14 Signed-off-by: Marek BehĂșn <kabel@kernel.org>
15 ---
16 drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c | 8 ++++++--
17 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
18
19 --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c
20 +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c
21 @@ -1005,8 +1005,12 @@ static bool advk_pcie_valid_device(struc
22 return false;
23
24 /*
25 - * If the link goes down after we check for link-up, nothing bad
26 - * happens but the config access times out.
27 + * If the link goes down after we check for link-up, we have a problem:
28 + * if a PIO request is executed while link-down, the whole controller
29 + * gets stuck in a non-functional state, and even after link comes up
30 + * again, PIO requests won't work anymore, and a reset of the whole PCIe
31 + * controller is needed. Therefore we need to prevent sending PIO
32 + * requests while the link is down.
33 */
34 if (!pci_is_root_bus(bus) && !advk_pcie_link_up(pcie))
35 return false;