netdev - Re: [PATCH] pci, e1000e: Add and use __pci_disable_link

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Date:	Mon, 9 May 2011 14:35:36 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>,
	Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
	Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>,
	PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	Alex Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	John Ronciak <john.ronciak@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Kenji Kaneshige <kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Naga Chumbalkar <nagananda.chumbalkar@...com>,
	e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pci, e1000e: Add and use __pci_disable_link_state

On Sun, 08 May 2011 11:54:32 -0700
Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> wrote:

> 
> Need to use it in _e1000e_disable_aspm.
> when aer happens,
> pci_walk_bus already have down_read(&pci_bus_sem)...
> then report_slot_reset
>         ==> e1000_io_slot_reset
>                 ==> e1000e_disable_aspm
>                         ==> pci_disable_link_state...
> 
> We can not use pci_disable_link_state, and it will try to hold pci_bus_sem again.
> 
> Try to have __pci_disable_link_state that will not need to hold pci_bus_sem.

What about the other callers of e1000e_disable_aspm?  Do they already
have the lock held or is it just reset that needs the already locked
version?

> +extern void __pci_disable_link_state(struct pci_dev *pdev, int state);
>  extern void pcie_clear_aspm(void);
>  extern void pcie_no_aspm(void);
>  #else

pci_disable_link_state_locked would be more descriptive and would match
other usage in the kernel.

Thanks,

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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