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Message-ID: <20210114124211.GG65905@wantstofly.org>
Date:   Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:42:11 +0200
From:   Lennert Buytenhek <kernel@...tstofly.org>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "linux-pci@...r.kernel.org" <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] PCI: Disable parity checking if broken_parity is
 set

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 09:52:23PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> On 06.01.2021 20:34, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > On 06.01.2021 20:22, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jan 06, 2021 at 06:50:22PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> >>> If we know that a device has broken parity checking, then disable it.
> >>> This avoids quirks like in r8169 where on the first parity error
> >>> interrupt parity checking will be disabled if broken_parity_status
> >>> is set. Make pci_quirk_broken_parity() public so that it can be used
> >>> by platform code, e.g. for Thecus N2100.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>
> >>
> >> Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> >>
> >> This series should all go together.  Let me know if you want me to do
> >> anything more (would require acks for arm and r8169, of course).
> >>
> > Right. For r8169 I'm the maintainer myself and agreed with Jakub that
> > the r8169 patch will go through the PCI tree.
> > 
> > Regarding the arm/iop32x part:
> > MAINTAINERS file lists Lennert as maintainer, let me add him.
> > Strange thing is that the MAINTAINERS entry for arm/iop32x has no
> > F entry, therefore the get_maintainers scripts will never list him
> > as addressee. The script lists Russell as "odd fixer".
> > @Lennert: Please provide a patch to add the missing F entry.
> > 
> > ARM/INTEL IOP32X ARM ARCHITECTURE
> > M:	Lennert Buytenhek <kernel@...tstofly.org>
> > L:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
> > S:	Maintained
> 
> Bjorn, I saw that you set the series to "not applicable". Is this because
> of the missing ack for the arm part?
> I checked and Lennert's last kernel contribution is from 2015. Having said
> that the maintainer's entry may be outdated. Not sure who else would be
> entitled to ack this patch. The change is simple enough, could you take
> it w/o an ack? 

This entry is indeed outdated, I don't have access to this
hardware anymore.


> Alternatively, IIRC Russell has got such a device. Russell, would it
> be possible that you test that there's still no false-positive parity
> errors with this series?
> 
> 
> > 
> >>> ---
> >>>  drivers/pci/quirks.c | 17 +++++++++++------
> >>>  include/linux/pci.h  |  2 ++
> >>>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/quirks.c b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> >>> index 653660e3b..ab54e26b8 100644
> >>> --- a/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> >>> +++ b/drivers/pci/quirks.c
> >>> @@ -205,17 +205,22 @@ static void quirk_mmio_always_on(struct pci_dev *dev)
> >>>  DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_CLASS_EARLY(PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID,
> >>>  				PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_HOST, 8, quirk_mmio_always_on);
> >>>  
> >>> +void pci_quirk_broken_parity(struct pci_dev *dev)
> >>> +{
> >>> +	u16 cmd;
> >>> +
> >>> +	dev->broken_parity_status = 1;	/* This device gives false positives */
> >>> +	pci_read_config_word(dev, PCI_COMMAND, &cmd);
> >>> +	pci_write_config_word(dev, PCI_COMMAND, cmd & ~PCI_COMMAND_PARITY);
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>>  /*
> >>>   * The Mellanox Tavor device gives false positive parity errors.  Mark this
> >>>   * device with a broken_parity_status to allow PCI scanning code to "skip"
> >>>   * this now blacklisted device.
> >>>   */
> >>> -static void quirk_mellanox_tavor(struct pci_dev *dev)
> >>> -{
> >>> -	dev->broken_parity_status = 1;	/* This device gives false positives */
> >>> -}
> >>> -DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_MELLANOX, PCI_DEVICE_ID_MELLANOX_TAVOR, quirk_mellanox_tavor);
> >>> -DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_MELLANOX, PCI_DEVICE_ID_MELLANOX_TAVOR_BRIDGE, quirk_mellanox_tavor);
> >>> +DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_MELLANOX, PCI_DEVICE_ID_MELLANOX_TAVOR, pci_quirk_broken_parity);
> >>> +DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_FINAL(PCI_VENDOR_ID_MELLANOX, PCI_DEVICE_ID_MELLANOX_TAVOR_BRIDGE, pci_quirk_broken_parity);
> >>>  
> >>>  /*
> >>>   * Deal with broken BIOSes that neglect to enable passive release,
> >>> diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
> >>> index b32126d26..161dcc474 100644
> >>> --- a/include/linux/pci.h
> >>> +++ b/include/linux/pci.h
> >>> @@ -1916,6 +1916,8 @@ enum pci_fixup_pass {
> >>>  	pci_fixup_suspend_late,	/* pci_device_suspend_late() */
> >>>  };
> >>>  
> >>> +void pci_quirk_broken_parity(struct pci_dev *dev);
> >>> +
> >>>  #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_PREL32_RELOCATIONS
> >>>  #define __DECLARE_PCI_FIXUP_SECTION(sec, name, vendor, device, class,	\
> >>>  				    class_shift, hook)			\
> >>> -- 
> >>> 2.30.0
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >