linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 4/5] PCI/portdrv: Remove redundant pci_aer

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Date:   Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:00:21 +0800
From:   Ethan Zhao <xerces.zhao@...il.com>
To:     Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        linux-pci <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>, knsathya@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 4/5] PCI/portdrv: Remove redundant pci_aer_available()
 check in DPC enable logic

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 10:00 PM Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
<sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> In DPC service enable logic, check for
> services & PCIE_PORT_SERVICE_AER implies pci_aer_available()
How about PCIE_PORT_SERVICE_AER is not configured, but
pcie_aer_disable == 0 ？
> is true. So there is no need to explicitly check it again.
>
> Also, passing pcie_ports=dpc-native in kernel command line
> implies DPC needs to be enabled in native mode irrespective
> of AER ownership status. So checking for pci_aer_available()
> without checking for pcie_ports status is incorrect.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c
> index 2c0278f0fdcc..e257a2ca3595 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c
> @@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ static int get_port_device_capability(struct pci_dev *dev)
>          * permission to use AER.
>          */
>         if (pci_find_ext_capability(dev, PCI_EXT_CAP_ID_DPC) &&
> -           pci_aer_available() &&
>             (host->native_dpc || (services & PCIE_PORT_SERVICE_AER)))
>                 services |= PCIE_PORT_SERVICE_DPC;
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>