linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] PCI: pciehp: Clean up debug logging

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Message-ID: <CAErSpo6BCtM8zJS=yNTNTugXW--8PpuRhod2GAydZj38tCo+-w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:01:06 -0500
From:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
To:	Rajat Jain <rajatja@...gle.com>
Cc:	"linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] PCI: pciehp: Clean up debug logging

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Rajat Jain <rajatja@...gle.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com> wrote:
>> The pciehp debug logging is overly verbose and often redundant.  Almost all
>> of the information printed by dbg_ctrl() is also printed by the normal PCI
>> core enumeration code and by pcie_init().
>>
>> Remove the redundant debug info.
>>
>> When claiming a pciehp bridge, we print the slot characteristics, e.g.,
>>
>>   Slot #6 AttnBtn- AttnInd- PwrInd- PwrCtrl- MRL- Interlock- NoCompl+ LLActRep+
>>
>> Add the Hot-Plug Capable and Hot-Plug Surprise bits to this information,
>
> If the slot is not hotplug capable. then pciehp wouldn't claim it in
> the first place.
>
> So printing of "hotplug capable" may really not be needed..

Yes, I did think about that, and you're right that it probably isn't
needed.  But the criteria for claiming a slot and deciding whether
acpiphp or pciehp should manage it are not 100% clear yet, so I
figured it wouldn't hurt to be a bit more transparent.

Bjorn
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