netdev - RE: [patch -next] bnx2x: fix a power state test

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Message-ID: <979A8436335E3744ADCD3A9F2A2B68A52AC61B5F@SJEXCHMB10.corp.ad.broadcom.com>
Date:	Sat, 1 Jun 2013 14:53:46 +0000
From:	"Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
To:	"Dan Carpenter" <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
	"Eilon Greenstein" <eilong@...adcom.com>
cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [patch -next] bnx2x: fix a power state test


> PCI_D0 is zero so the original test is never true.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> ---
> I don't have the hardware to test this, and I'm not positive on it.
> Buyer beware!
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c
> b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c
> index 263950c..a9a1609 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c
> @@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ static bool bnx2x_is_nvm_accessible(struct bnx2x
> *bp)
>  		rc = pci_read_config_word(bp->pdev,
>  					  bp->pm_cap + PCI_PM_CTRL, &pm);
> 
> -	if ((rc && !netif_running(dev)) || (!rc && ((pm & PCI_D0) != PCI_D0)))
> +	if ((rc && !netif_running(dev)) || (!rc && pm != PCI_D0))
>  		return false;

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the catch, but I think your fix might be incomplete; It should probably be
+	if ((rc && !netif_running(dev)) || (!rc && ((pm & PCI_PM_CTRL_STATE_MASK) != PCI_D0)))
Otherwise the condition will fail if other bits are set in the PM control register.

Thanks,
Yuval

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