linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] PCI: brcmstb: Add panic/die handler to RC driver

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Message-ID: <20210106191949.GA1328757@bjorn-Precision-5520>
Date:   Wed, 6 Jan 2021 13:19:49 -0600
From:   Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
To:     Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan@...adcom.com>
Cc:     linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@...e.de>,
        broonie@...nel.org, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        "moderated list:BROADCOM BCM2711/BCM2835 ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <linux-rpi-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "moderated list:BROADCOM BCM2711/BCM2835 ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] PCI: brcmstb: Add panic/die handler to RC driver

On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 04:11:42PM -0500, Jim Quinlan wrote:
> Whereas most PCIe HW returns 0xffffffff on illegal accesses and the like,
> by default Broadcom's STB PCIe controller effects an abort.  This simple
> handler determines if the PCIe controller was the cause of the abort and if
> so, prints out diagnostic info.
> 
> Example output:
>   brcm-pcie 8b20000.pcie: Error: Mem Acc: 32bit, Read, @0x38000000
>   brcm-pcie 8b20000.pcie:  Type: TO=0 Abt=0 UnspReq=1 AccDsble=0 BadAddr=0

What does this mean for all the other PCI core code that expects
0xffffffff data returns?  Does it work?  Does it break differently on
STB than on other platforms?

> +/*
> + * Dump out pcie errors on die or panic.

s/pcie/PCIe/
This could be a single-line comment.

> + */