Re: [PATCH] PCI: fix link retrain status in pcie_wait_for_link_delay()

[simon . guinot]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 02:00:21PM +0200, Ilpo Järvinen wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Mar 2024, Simon Guinot wrote:
> 
> > The current code in pcie_wait_for_link_delay() handles the value
> > returned by pcie_failed_link_retrain() as an integer, expecting 0
> > when the link has been successfully retrained. The issue is that
> > pcie_failed_link_retrain() returns a boolean: "true" if the link
> > has been successfully retrained and "false" otherwise. This leads
> > pcie_wait_for_link_delay() to return an incorrect "active link"
> > status when pcie_failed_link_retrain() is called.
> > 
> > This patch fixes the check of the value returned by
> > pcie_failed_link_retrain() in pcie_wait_for_link_delay().
> > 
> > Note that this bug induces abnormal timeout delays when a PCI device
> > is unplugged (around 60 seconds per bridge / secondary bus removed).
> > 
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Fixes: 1abb47390350 ("Merge branch 'pci/enumeration'")
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hi Simon,
> 
> Thanks for your patch. There's, however, already a better series to fix 
> this and other related issues. Bjorn just hasn't gotten into applying them 
> yet:
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-pci/list/?series=824858
> 
> (I proposed a patch very similar to yours month ago, but Maciej came up 
> a better way to fix all the issues.)

Hi Ilpo,

Thanks for pointing this patch series. This indeed fixes the timeout delay
issue I observed.

Simon

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