Re: [PATCH 5/5] PCI/ERR: Remove remnants of .link_reset() callback

[Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com>]

On 8/12/25 10:11 PM, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> Back in 2017, commit 2fd260f03b6a ("PCI/AER: Remove unused .link_reset()
> callback") removed .link_reset() from struct pci_error_handlers, but left
> a few code comments behind which still mention it.  Remove them.
>
> The code comments in the SolarFlare Ethernet drivers point out that no
> .mmio_enabled() callback is needed because the driver's .error_detected()
> callback always returns PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET, which causes
> pcie_do_recovery() to skip .mmio_enabled().  That's not quite correct
> because efx_io_error_detected() does return PCI_ERS_RESULT_RECOVERED under
> certain conditions and then .mmio_enabled() would indeed be called if it
> were implemented.  Remove this misleading portion of the code comment as
> well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com>

>   drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c       | 3 ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c       | 3 ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/efx_common.c | 3 ---
>   drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c               | 2 +-
>   4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c
> index 5a14d94163b1..e8fdbb62d872 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c
> @@ -1258,9 +1258,6 @@ static void efx_io_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>   
>   /* For simplicity and reliability, we always require a slot reset and try to
>    * reset the hardware when a pci error affecting the device is detected.
> - * We leave both the link_reset and mmio_enabled callback unimplemented:
> - * with our request for slot reset the mmio_enabled callback will never be
> - * called, and the link_reset callback is not used by AER or EEH mechanisms.
>    */
>   const struct pci_error_handlers efx_err_handlers = {
>   	.error_detected = efx_io_error_detected,
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c
> index b07f7e4e2877..0c784656fde9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/efx.c
> @@ -3128,9 +3128,6 @@ static void ef4_io_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>   
>   /* For simplicity and reliability, we always require a slot reset and try to
>    * reset the hardware when a pci error affecting the device is detected.
> - * We leave both the link_reset and mmio_enabled callback unimplemented:
> - * with our request for slot reset the mmio_enabled callback will never be
> - * called, and the link_reset callback is not used by AER or EEH mechanisms.
>    */
>   static const struct pci_error_handlers ef4_err_handlers = {
>   	.error_detected = ef4_io_error_detected,
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/efx_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/efx_common.c
> index a0966f879664..35036cc902fe 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/efx_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena/efx_common.c
> @@ -1285,9 +1285,6 @@ static void efx_io_resume(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>   
>   /* For simplicity and reliability, we always require a slot reset and try to
>    * reset the hardware when a pci error affecting the device is detected.
> - * We leave both the link_reset and mmio_enabled callback unimplemented:
> - * with our request for slot reset the mmio_enabled callback will never be
> - * called, and the link_reset callback is not used by AER or EEH mechanisms.
>    */
>   const struct pci_error_handlers efx_siena_err_handlers = {
>   	.error_detected = efx_io_error_detected,
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
> index 4081d2a358ee..cf08bb5b37c3 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c
> @@ -14377,7 +14377,7 @@ lpfc_sli_prep_dev_for_perm_failure(struct lpfc_hba *phba)
>    * as desired.
>    *
>    * Return codes
> - * 	PCI_ERS_RESULT_CAN_RECOVER - can be recovered with reset_link
> + *	PCI_ERS_RESULT_CAN_RECOVER - can be recovered without reset
>    * 	PCI_ERS_RESULT_NEED_RESET - need to reset before recovery
>    * 	PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT - device could not be recovered
>    **/

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Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer