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From: "Jingoo Han" <jingoohan1@gmail.com>
To: "'Bjorn Helgaas'" <helgaas@kernel.org>,
	"'Joao Pinto'" <Joao.Pinto@synopsys.com>,
	"'Ley Foon Tan'" <lftan@altera.com>,
	"'Shawn Lin'" <shawn.lin@rock-chips.com>,
	"'Michal Simek'" <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
Cc: "'Jim Quinlan'" <jim2101024@gmail.com>,
	"'Lorenzo Pieralisi'" <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>,
	<linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>, <rfi@lists.rocketboards.org>,
	<linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: Why do we check for "link-up" in *_pcie_valid_device()?
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:39:50 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <000f01d375d4$17e9c830$47bd5890$@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171214225821.GN30595@bhelgaas-glaptop.roam.corp.google.com>

On Thursday, December 14, 2017 5:58 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> In the PCI config access path, the *_pcie_valid_device() functions in
> the dwc, altera, rockchip, and xilinx drivers all check whether the
> link is up.
> 
> I think this is racy because the link may go down after we check but
> before we perform the config access.
> 
> What would blow up if we removed the *_pcie_link_up() checks?

The original intention is to avoid config access before link up.

Also, I did not find any racy condition as you mentioned.
However, if you think that we need to prevent the racy condition,
someone can send a patch or add comments.

Best regards,
Jingoo Han

> 
> I'd like to either remove the checks or add comments about why the
> race is acceptable.  If we've covered this before, I apologize.
> Adding a comment will keep me from pestering you about this again in
> the future.
> 
> Bjorn

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From: "Jingoo Han" <jingoohan1@gmail.com>
To: 'Bjorn Helgaas' <helgaas@kernel.org>,
	'Joao Pinto' <Joao.Pinto@synopsys.com>,
	'Ley Foon Tan' <lftan@altera.com>,
	'Shawn Lin' <shawn.lin@rock-chips.com>,
	'Michal Simek' <michal.simek@xilinx.com>
Cc: 'Jim Quinlan' <jim2101024@gmail.com>,
	'Lorenzo Pieralisi' <lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com>,
	linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, rfi@lists.rocketboards.org,
	linux-rockchip@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: Why do we check for "link-up" in *_pcie_valid_device()?
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:39:50 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <000f01d375d4$17e9c830$47bd5890$@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171214225821.GN30595@bhelgaas-glaptop.roam.corp.google.com>

On Thursday, December 14, 2017 5:58 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> In the PCI config access path, the *_pcie_valid_device() functions in
> the dwc, altera, rockchip, and xilinx drivers all check whether the
> link is up.
> 
> I think this is racy because the link may go down after we check but
> before we perform the config access.
> 
> What would blow up if we removed the *_pcie_link_up() checks?

The original intention is to avoid config access before link up.

Also, I did not find any racy condition as you mentioned.
However, if you think that we need to prevent the racy condition,
someone can send a patch or add comments.

Best regards,
Jingoo Han

> 
> I'd like to either remove the checks or add comments about why the
> race is acceptable.  If we've covered this before, I apologize.
> Adding a comment will keep me from pestering you about this again in
> the future.
> 
> Bjorn

  reply	other threads:[~2017-12-15 18:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-14 22:58 Why do we check for "link-up" in *_pcie_valid_device()? Bjorn Helgaas
2017-12-15 18:39 ` Jingoo Han [this message]
2017-12-15 18:39   ` Jingoo Han
2017-12-15 19:04   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2017-12-15 20:11     ` Bjorn Helgaas
2017-12-22 13:02 ` Bharat Kumar Gogada
2017-12-22 13:02   ` Bharat Kumar Gogada
2017-12-22 17:28   ` Bjorn Helgaas
2018-01-02 11:37     ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2018-01-05 14:26     ` Bharat Kumar Gogada
2018-01-05 14:26       ` Bharat Kumar Gogada
2018-01-05 15:43       ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2018-01-08 11:03         ` Lucas Stach
2018-01-08 11:24           ` Lorenzo Pieralisi
2018-01-02 12:24 ` Shawn Lin
2018-01-02 12:28   ` Shawn Lin

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