linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] PCI: pciehp: Ignore link events when there is a fatal error pending

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Message-ID: <20180820172213.tg4fle6ugi7lkhxx@wunner.de>
Date:   Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:22:13 +0200
From:   Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
To:     Sinan Kaya <okaya@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Oza Pawandeep <poza@...eaurora.org>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] PCI: pciehp: Ignore link events when there is a
 fatal error pending

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 12:59:05PM -0400, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> On 8/20/2018 5:22 AM, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> > > +
> > This differs from v7 of the patch in that*any*  fatal error, not just
> > a Surprise Link Down, results in pciehp waiting for the error to clear.
> > 
> > I'm wondering if that's safe:  Theoretically, the user might quickly
> > swap the card in the slot during, say, a Completion Timeout Error,
> > and with this patch pciehp would carry on as if nothing happened.
> 
> Functionally both patches are identical. The v7 was still allowing
> AER/DPC to handle all fatal error events except Surprise Link Down.
> 
> Now, second patch (v8 2/2) is masking the surprise link down event
> as we have talked before. Therefore, there is no need to filter
> out incoming errors by reading the status register and masking the
> unwanted bits.

Ok, missed that.


> Just to clarify something, this patch will wait for only the FATAL
> error events to be handled by the error handling services only.
> 
> Completion Timeout is a NONFATAL error event by default unless
> somebody tweaks the severity bits.
> 
> Anyhow, all FATAL errors cause one sort of link down either
> initiated by software (AER) or hardware (DPC).
> Therefore, hotplug driver will observe a link down event and
> AER/DPC needs to handle the event as usual.

Thanks for the clarification.

Lukas