Re: [PATCH] tty: rp2: Fix reset with non forgiving PCIe host bridges

[Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>]

On 9/23/24 02:44, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 07. 09. 24, 0:54, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> The write to RP2_GLOBAL_CMD followed by an immediate read of
>> RP2_GLOBAL_CMD in rp2_reset_asic() is intented to flush out the write,
>> however by then the device is already in reset and cannot respond to a
>> memory cycle access.
>>
>> On platforms such as the Raspberry Pi 4 and others using the
>> pcie-brcmstb.c driver, any memory access to a device that cannot respond
>> is met with a fatal system error, rather than being substituted with all
>> 1s as is usually the case on PC platforms.
>>
>> Swapping the delay and the read ensures that the device has finished
>> resetting before we attempt to read from it.
>>
>> Fixes: 7d9f49afa451 ("serial: rp2: New driver for Comtrol RocketPort 2 
>> cards")
>> Suggested-by: Jim Quinlan <james.quinlan@broadcom.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/tty/serial/rp2.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/rp2.c b/drivers/tty/serial/rp2.c
>> index 4132fcff7d4e..8bab2aedc499 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/rp2.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/rp2.c
>> @@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ static void rp2_reset_asic(struct rp2_card *card, 
>> unsigned int asic_id)
>>       u32 clk_cfg;
>>       writew(1, base + RP2_GLOBAL_CMD);
>> -    readw(base + RP2_GLOBAL_CMD);
>>       msleep(100);
>> +    readw(base + RP2_GLOBAL_CMD);
> 
> The read was there to force PCI posting to really flush the write to the 
> device before the sleep (and not to post). How is this ensured now? (In 
> fact, instead of the move, you could have deleted it completely.)
> 
> Can you actually read another register which a resetting device would 
> reply?

Sure I can do that, give me a couple more days to get back to you.
-- 
Florian