[PATCH 0/14 v3] PCI: Remove '*val = 0' from pcie_capability_read_*()

Saheed Olayemi Bolarinwa
2020-07-10T22:20:16Z

v3 CHANGES:
- Split previous PATCH 6/13 into two : PATCH 6/14 and PATCH 7/14
- Fix commit message of PATCH 5/14
- Update Patch numbering and Commit messages
- Add 'Acked by Greg KH' to PATCH 2/14
- Add PATCH version

v2 CHANGES:
- Fix missing comma, causing the email cc error
- Fix typos and numbering errors in commit messages
- Add commit message to 13/13
- Add two more patches: PATCH 3/13 and PATCH 4/13

MERGING:
Patch 7/14 depends on Patch 6/14. However Patch 6/14 has no dependency.
Please, merge PATCH 7/14 only after Patch 6/14.
Patch 14/14 depend on all preceeding patchs. Except for Patch 6/14 and
Patch 7/14, all other patches are independent of one another. Hence,
please merge Patch 14/14 only after other patches in this series have
been merged.

PATCH 6/14:
Make the function set status to "Power On" by default and only set to
Set "Power Off" only if pcie_capability_read_word() is successful and
(slot_ctrl & PCI_EXP_SLTCTL_PCC) == PCI_EXP_SLTCTL_PWR_OFF.

PATCH 1/14 to 13/14:
Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_*() to ensure success or
confirm failure. While maintaining these functions, this ensures that the
changes in PATCH 14/14 does not introduce any bug.

PATCH 14/14:
There are several reasons why a PCI capability read may fail whether the
device is present or not. If this happens, pcie_capability_read_*() will
return -EINVAL/PCIBIOS_BAD_REGISTER_NUMBER or PCIBIOS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND
and *val is set to 0.

This behaviour if further ensured by this code inside
pcie_capability_read_*()

ret = pci_read_config_dword(dev, pci_pcie_cap(dev) + pos, val);
/*
* Reset *val to 0 if pci_read_config_dword() fails, it may
* have been written as 0xFFFFFFFF if hardware error happens
* during pci_read_config_dword().
*/
if (ret)
*val = 0;
return ret;

a) Since all pci_generic_config_read() does is read a register value,
it may return success after reading a ~0 which *may* have been fabricated
by the PCI host bridge due to a read timeout. Hence pci_read_config_*()
will return success with a fabricated ~0 in *val, indicating a problem.
In this case, the assumed behaviour of pcie_capability_read_*() will be
wrong. To avoid error slipping through, more checks are necessary.

b) pci_read_config_*() will return PCIBIOS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND only if
dev->error_state = pci_channel_io_perm_failure (i.e.
pci_dev_is_disconnected()) or if pci_generic_config_read() can't find the
device. In both cases *val is initially set to ~0 but as shown in the code
above pcie_capability_read_*() resets it back to 0. Even with this effort,
drivers still have to perform validation checks more so if 0 is a valid
value.

Most drivers only consider the case (b) and in some cases, there is the
expectation that on timeout *val has a fabricated value of ~0, which *may*
not always be true as explained in (a).

In any case, checks need to be done to validate the value read and maybe
confirm which error has occurred. It is better left to the drivers to do.

Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_dword() to ensure success
and avoid bug as a result of Patch 14/14.
Remove the reset of *val to 0 when pci_read_config_*() fails.

Bolarinwa Olayemi Saheed (14):
IB/hfi1: Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_*()
misc: rtsx: Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_*()
ath9k: Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_*()
iwlegacy: Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_*()
PCI: pciehp: Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_*()
PCI: pciehp: Make "Power On" the default
PCI: pciehp: Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_*()
PCI/ACPI: Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_*()
PCI: pciehp: Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_*()
PCI: Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_*()
PCI/PM: Check return value of pcie_capability_read_*()
PCI/AER: Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_*()
PCI/ASPM: Check the return value of pcie_capability_read_*()
PCI: Remove '*val = 0' from pcie_capability_read_*()

drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/pci.c | 5 +++--
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/common.c | 4 ++--
drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/aspm.c | 7 ++++---
drivers/misc/cardreader/rts5227.c | 5 +++--
drivers/misc/cardreader/rts5249.c | 5 +++--
drivers/misc/cardreader/rts5260.c | 5 +++--
drivers/misc/cardreader/rts5261.c | 5 +++--
drivers/pci/pcie/aer.c | 5 +++--
drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++----------------
drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_hpc.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++----------------
drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c | 10 ++++---
drivers/pci/probe.c | 29 ++++++++++++--------
drivers/pci/access.c | 14 --------------
13 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-)

--
2.18.2