linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] PCI fixes

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Date:	Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:02:01 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
Cc:	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [git pull] PCI fixes

On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org> wrote:
>
> Nothing too exciting this time, mostly some minor fixes for things
> normal people don't really hit.  Happy Thanksgiving.

Ugh. This looks bogus:

> Kenji Kaneshige (2):
>      PCI: pciehp: wait 1000 ms before Link Training check

Look at that patch more closely. After the patch, the code looks like this:


         if (ctrl->link_active_reporting)
                 pcie_wait_link_active(ctrl);
         else
                 msleep(1000);

+	/*
+	 * Need to wait for 1000 ms after Data Link Layer Link Active
+	 * (DLLLA) bit reads 1b before sending configuration request.
+	 * We need it before checking Link Training (LT) bit becuase
+	 * LT is still set even after DLLLA bit is set on some platform.
+	 */
+	msleep(1000);

and I'm pretty sure you should remove the "else msleep(1000)" there.
Doing the 1s wait *twice* seems entirely bogus, even if you are
missing link_active_reporting. No?

I pulled it since I can't test it, but it really smells fishy to me.

                  Linus
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