Re: [PATCH 4/5] PCI: mediatek-gen3: Don't reply AXI slave error

["Jianjun Wang (王建军)" <Jianjun.Wang@mediatek.com>]

On Mon, 2025-01-06 at 21:46 +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
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> On Fri, Jan 03, 2025 at 02:00:14PM +0800, Jianjun Wang wrote:
> > There are some circumstances where the EP device will not respond
> > to
> > non-posted access from the root port (e.g., MMIO read). In such
> > cases,
> > the root port will reply with an AXI slave error, which will be
> > treated
> 
> By 'reply with an AXI slave error', you meant that the root port
> responds to the
> MMIO read by the CPU with AXI slave error? If so, please reword it as
> such to
> avoid confusion.

Yes, I'll fix it in the next version, thanks.

> 
> > as a System Error (SError), causing a kernel panic and preventing
> > us
> > from obtaining any useful information for further debugging.
> > 
> > We have added a new bit in the PCIE_AXI_IF_CTRL_REG register to
> > prevent
> > PCIe AXI0 from replying with a slave error. Setting this bit on an
> > older
> > platform that does not support this feature will have no effect.
> > 
> 
> But the issue is still present on the older SoCs, isn't it? If so,
> please add
> this info to the comments below.

Yes, older SoCs don't have this feature, I'll add this info in the next
version.

Thanks.

> 
> - Mani
> 
> > By preventing AXI0 from replying with a slave error, we can keep
> > the
> > kernel alive and debug using the information from AER.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jianjun Wang <jianjun.wang@mediatek.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/pci/controller/pcie-mediatek-gen3.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-mediatek-gen3.c
> > b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-mediatek-gen3.c
> > index 4bd3b39eebe2..48f83c2d91f7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-mediatek-gen3.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pcie-mediatek-gen3.c
> > @@ -87,6 +87,9 @@
> >  #define PCIE_LOW_POWER_CTRL_REG              0x194
> >  #define PCIE_FORCE_DIS_L0S           BIT(8)
> > 
> > +#define PCIE_AXI_IF_CTRL_REG         0x1a8
> > +#define PCIE_AXI0_SLV_RESP_MASK              BIT(12)
> > +
> >  #define PCIE_PIPE4_PIE8_REG          0x338
> >  #define PCIE_K_FINETUNE_MAX          GENMASK(5, 0)
> >  #define PCIE_K_FINETUNE_ERR          GENMASK(7, 6)
> > @@ -469,6 +472,15 @@ static int mtk_pcie_startup_port(struct
> > mtk_gen3_pcie *pcie)
> >       val |= PCIE_FORCE_DIS_L0S;
> >       writel_relaxed(val, pcie->base + PCIE_LOW_POWER_CTRL_REG);
> > 
> > +     /*
> > +      * Prevent PCIe AXI0 from replying a slave error, as it will
> > cause kernel panic
> > +      * and prevent us from getting useful information.
> > +      * Keep the kernel alive and debug using the information from
> > AER.
> > +      */
> > +     val = readl_relaxed(pcie->base + PCIE_AXI_IF_CTRL_REG);
> > +     val |= PCIE_AXI0_SLV_RESP_MASK;
> > +     writel_relaxed(val, pcie->base + PCIE_AXI_IF_CTRL_REG);
> > +
> >       /* Disable DVFSRC voltage request */
> >       val = readl_relaxed(pcie->base + PCIE_MISC_CTRL_REG);
> >       val |= PCIE_DISABLE_DVFSRC_VLT_REQ;
> > --
> > 2.46.0
> > 
> 
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