[PATCH 3/3]: powerpc/eeh: report errors as soon as possible.

[linas@austin.ibm.com (Linas Vepstas)]

Do not wait for the pci slot status before reporting an error
to the device driver. Some systems may take many seconds to
report the slot status, and this can confuse unsuspecting 
device drivers.

Signed-off-by: Linas Vepstas <linas@austin.ibm.com>

----
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c |   15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.23-rc8-mm1/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23-rc8-mm1.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c	2007-11-09 17:28:58.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc8-mm1/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/eeh_driver.c	2007-11-09 17:36:51.000000000 -0600
@@ -354,13 +354,6 @@ struct pci_dn * handle_eeh_events (struc
 	if (frozen_pdn->eeh_freeze_count > EEH_MAX_ALLOWED_FREEZES)
 		goto excess_failures;
 
-	/* Get the current PCI slot state. */
-	rc = eeh_wait_for_slot_status (frozen_pdn, MAX_WAIT_FOR_RECOVERY*1000);
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "EEH: Permanent failure\n");
-		goto hard_fail;
-	}
-
 	printk(KERN_WARNING
 	   "EEH: This PCI device has failed %d times in the last hour:\n",
 		frozen_pdn->eeh_freeze_count);
@@ -376,6 +369,14 @@ struct pci_dn * handle_eeh_events (struc
 	 */
 	pci_walk_bus(frozen_bus, eeh_report_error, &result);
 
+	/* Get the current PCI slot state. This can take a long time,
+	 * sometimes over 3 seconds for certain systems. */
+	rc = eeh_wait_for_slot_status (frozen_pdn, MAX_WAIT_FOR_RECOVERY*1000);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "EEH: Permanent failure\n");
+		goto hard_fail;
+	}
+
 	/* Since rtas may enable MMIO when posting the error log,
 	 * don't post the error log until after all dev drivers
 	 * have been informed.