Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: Confirm the necessity to configure asym link first

[Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>]

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 11:50:00AM +0000, Charalampos Mitrodimas wrote:
> Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 04:41:07PM +0800, zhangjianrong wrote:
> >> Current implementation can cause allocation failures in
> >> tb_alloc_dp_bandwidth() in some cases. For example:
> >> allocated_down(30Gbps), allocated_up(50Gbps),
> >> requested_down(10Gbps).
> >
> > I'm not sure I understand the above.
> >
> > Can you describe in which real life situation this can happen?
> 
> I suppose this can happen when reducing bandwidth while total upstream
> bandwidth usage on the link exceeds TB_ASYM_MIN (36 Gbps). The
> allocation fails at the asymmetric limit check before checking whether
> the downstream request actually needs asymmetric mode.

Right, but I would like to see here in the changelog explanation of the
situation and preferably parts of the dmesg showing the error as well.

@zhangjianrong, can you do that and resend?

Note, I will be on vacation after today so expect delay from my side.

> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: zhangjianrong <zhangjianrong5@huawei.com>
> >> ---
> >>  drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c | 10 +++++-----
> >>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c
> >> index a7c6919fbf97..558455d9716b 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/tb.c
> >> @@ -1039,6 +1039,9 @@ static int tb_configure_asym(struct tb *tb, struct tb_port *src_port,
> >>  			break;
> >>  
> >>  		if (downstream) {
> >> +			/* Does consumed + requested exceed the threshold */
> >> +			if (consumed_down + requested_down < asym_threshold)
> >> +				continue;
> >>  			/*
> >>  			 * Downstream so make sure upstream is within the 36G
> >>  			 * (40G - guard band 10%), and the requested is above
> >> @@ -1048,20 +1051,17 @@ static int tb_configure_asym(struct tb *tb, struct tb_port *src_port,
> >>  				ret = -ENOBUFS;
> >>  				break;
> >>  			}
> >> -			/* Does consumed + requested exceed the threshold */
> >> -			if (consumed_down + requested_down < asym_threshold)
> >> -				continue;
> >>  
> >>  			width_up = TB_LINK_WIDTH_ASYM_RX;
> >>  			width_down = TB_LINK_WIDTH_ASYM_TX;
> >>  		} else {
> >>  			/* Upstream, the opposite of above */
> >> +			if (consumed_up + requested_up < asym_threshold)
> >> +				continue;
> >>  			if (consumed_down + requested_down >= TB_ASYM_MIN) {
> >>  				ret = -ENOBUFS;
> >>  				break;
> >>  			}
> >> -			if (consumed_up + requested_up < asym_threshold)
> >> -				continue;
> >>  
> >>  			width_up = TB_LINK_WIDTH_ASYM_TX;
> >>  			width_down = TB_LINK_WIDTH_ASYM_RX;
> >> -- 
> >> 2.34.1