linux-kernel - Re: [Update][PATCH] PCI / PM: Disable runtime PM of PCIe ports

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Date:	Tue, 2 Apr 2013 13:31:47 +0800
From:	huang ying <huang.ying.caritas@...il.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs@...d.natur.cuni.cz>,
	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zheng Yan <zheng.z.yan@...el.com>,
	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [Update][PATCH] PCI / PM: Disable runtime PM of PCIe ports

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 1:28 PM, huang ying <huang.ying.caritas@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:51 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
>>
>> On Monday, April 01, 2013 11:34:46 AM Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> > [+cc Zheng, who added this with 71a83bd727]
>> >
>> > On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
>> > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
>> > >
>> > > The runtime PM of PCIe ports turns out to be quite fragile, as in
>> > > some cases things work while in some other cases they don't and we
>> > > don't seem to have a good way to determine whether or not they are
>> > > going to work in advance.
>> >
>> > Do you have any references to problems encountered when enabling
>> > runtime PM for PCIe ports?  That information will be useful to anybody
>> > who wants to take another crack at getting this working.
>>
>> Well, bug 53811 is one example and problems recently reported by
>> Martin are another.  Do you want me to dig deeper?
>
> For bug 53811, I have a debug patch posted in bugzilla to disable
> runtime PM for PCIe port with hotplug capability.  It appears that
> patch resolved the issue for the reporter.  Do think that patch can
> solve the hotplug issue.

For Martin's hotplug issue, it appears that a similar patch I sent to
him resolve his hotplug issue too.  For Martin's "XHCI dead port"
issue, that is, PME issue.  I just sent him another debug patch to
try.  Sorry for late!

Best Regards,
Huang Ying
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