linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI: pciehp: Include the Data Link Layer State Changed bit when clearing the Slot Status register's event bits

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Date:	Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:07:56 -0600
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
To:	Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@...hat.com>
Cc:	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Rajat Jain <rajatjain.linux@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: pciehp: Include the Data Link Layer State Changed
 bit when clearing the Slot Status register's event bits

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@...hat.com> wrote:
> During PCIe hot-plug initialization - pciehp_probe - data structures
> related to slot capabilities are set up.  As part of this set up, ISRs are
> put in place to handle slot events and all event bits are cleared out.
>
> This patch adds the Data Link Layer State Changed (PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_DLLSC)
> Slot Status bit to the event bits that are cleared out during
> initialization.

I think this is related to e48f1b67f668 ("PCI: pciehp: Use link change
notifications for hot-plug and removal").  Prior to that, pcie_isr()
didn't look at the PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_DLLSC bit.

Apparently there's a non-public report of spurious messages like this
at boot-time, with no actual hotplug events:

  pciehp 0000:82:04.0:pcie24: slot(4): Link Up event
  pciehp 0000:82:04.0:pcie24: Device 0000:83:00.0 already exists at
0000:83:00, cannot hot-add
  pciehp 0000:82:04.0:pcie24: Cannot add device at 0000:83:00

Device 0000:83:00.0 was enumerated previously, during the normal PCI
device enumeration.  I suspect DLLSC was set by the hardware when the
link came up after power-on, and it remained set until Linux booted.
Then when we take the first pciehp interrupt, we notice DLLSC is set
and think it's a new link state change.

This might be system-specific, because some BIOSes might clear DLLSC
before handing off to the OS.  Or my theory might be all wet.

But I think we should clear DLLSC in any case.  We clear all the other
RW1C bits in Slot Status, and I think we should clear DLLSC as well.

I'd like to include a bugzilla or mailing list reference for the
spurious message, and I'd also like confirmation that this changes
actually fixes it.

Bjorn

> Reference:
>   PCI-SIG.  PCI Express Base Specification Revision 4.0 Version 0.3
>   (PCI-SIG, 2014): 7.8.11. Slot Status Register (Offset 1Ah).
>
> Signed-off-by: Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@...hat.com>
> ---
>
>  drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c
> index 42914e0..0568416 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c
> @@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ struct controller *pcie_init(struct pcie_device *dev)
>         pcie_capability_write_word(pdev, PCI_EXP_SLTSTA,
>                 PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_ABP | PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_PFD |
>                 PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_MRLSC | PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_PDC |
> -               PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_CC);
> +               PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_CC | PCI_EXP_SLTSTA_DLLSC);
>
>         /* Disable software notification */
>         pcie_disable_notification(ctrl);
>
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