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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 14:24:35 +0100
From: Niklas Cassel <cassel@...nel.org>
To: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 07/10] PCI: dwc: ep: Remove "core_init_notifier" flag

On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 02:52:19PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> "core_init_notifier" flag is set by the glue drivers requiring refclk from
> the host to complete the DWC core initialization. Also, those drivers will
> send a notification to the EPF drivers once the initialization is fully
> completed using the pci_epc_init_notify() API. Only then, the EPF drivers
> will start functioning.
> 
> For the rest of the drivers generating refclk locally, EPF drivers will
> start functioning post binding with them. EPF drivers rely on the
> 'core_init_notifier' flag to differentiate between the drivers.
> Unfortunately, this creates two different flows for the EPF drivers.
> 
> So to avoid that, let's get rid of the "core_init_notifier" flag and follow
> a single initialization flow for the EPF drivers. This is done by calling
> the dw_pcie_ep_init_notify() from all glue drivers after the completion of
> dw_pcie_ep_init_registers() API. This will allow all the glue drivers to
> send the notification to the EPF drivers once the initialization is fully
> completed.
> 
> Only difference here is that, the drivers requiring refclk from host will
> send the notification once refclk is received, while others will send it
> during probe time itself.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@...aro.org>
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-test.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-test.c
> index 18c80002d3bd..fc0282b0d626 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-test.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-test.c
> @@ -927,21 +928,12 @@ static int pci_epf_test_bind(struct pci_epf *epf)
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>

Hello Mani,

Since you asked for testing, I gave your series a spin
(with a driver without .core_init_notifier).


There seems to be a problem that pci_epc_write_header() is never called.

Debugging this, it seems that .core_init in pci-epf-test is never called.

If I add debug prints in pci_epc_init_notify(), I see that it does not
notify a single EPF driver.

It appears that the patch in $subject will call pci_epc_init_notify()
at EPC driver .probe() time, and at that point in time, there are no
EPF drivers registered.

They get registered later, when doing the configfs write.


I would say that it is the following change that breaks things:

> -	if (!core_init_notifier) {
> -		ret = pci_epf_test_core_init(epf);
> -		if (ret)
> -			return ret;
> -	}
> -

Since without this code, pci_epf_test_core_init() will no longer be called,
as there is currently no one that calls epf->core_init() for a EPF driver
after it has been bound. (For drivers that call dw_pcie_ep_init_notify() in
probe())

I guess one way to solve this would be for the EPC core to keep track of
the current EPC "core state" (up/down). If the core is "up" at EPF .bind()
time, notify the EPF driver directly after .bind()?


Kind regards,
Niklas