Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] PCI: Change the parent to correctly represent pcie hierarchy

[Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 10:01:04PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 9:28 PM Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 09:15:06PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> > > On Sat, Aug 3, 2024 at 5:23 AM Krishna chaitanya chundru
> > > <quic_krichai@quicinc.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Currently the pwrctl driver is child of pci-pci bridge driver,
> > > > this will cause issue when suspend resume is introduced in the pwr
> > > > control driver. If the supply is removed to the endpoint in the
> > > > power control driver then the config space access by the
> > > > pci-pci bridge driver can cause issues like Timeouts.
> > > >
> > > > For this reason change the parent to controller from pci-pci bridge.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 4565d2652a37 ("PCI/pwrctl: Add PCI power control core code")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Krishna chaitanya chundru <quic_krichai@quicinc.com>
> > > > ---
> > >
> > > Tested-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
> > >
> > > Bjorn,
> > >
> > > I think this should go into v6.11 as it does indeed better represent
> > > the underlying logic.
> >
> > Is this patch independent of the rest?  I don't think the whole series
> > looks like v6.11 material, but if this patch can be applied
> > independently, *and* we can make a case in the commit log for why it
> > is v6.11 material, we can do that.
> >
> > Right now the commit log doesn't tell me enough to justify a
> > post-merge window change.
> 
> Please, apply this patch independently. FYI I have a WiP branch[1]
> with a v3 of the fixes series rebased on top of this one. Manivannan
> and I are working on fixing one last remaining issue and I'll resend
> it. This should go into v6.11.

OK.  I just need to be able to justify *why* we need it in v6.11, so I
can apply it as soon as somebody supplies that kind of text for the
commit log.  I.e., what is broken without this change?  What bad
things happen if we defer it to v6.12?

> [1] https://git.codelinaro.org/bartosz_golaszewski/linux/-/tree/topic/pci-pwrctl-fixes