Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 3/5] net: wwan: t7xx: PCIe reset rescan

[Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 08:45:43PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Hi Bjorn,
> 
> any objections to the kind of shenanigans this is playing?

Yes, thanks for asking.  Drivers definitely should not have to do this
sort of thing.

> On Sat, 21 Jan 2023 19:03:23 +0530 m.chetan.kumar@linux.intel.com wrote:
> > From: M Chetan Kumar <m.chetan.kumar@linux.intel.com>
> > 
> > PCI rescan module implements "rescan work queue".
> > In firmware flashing or coredump collection procedure
> > WWAN device is programmed to boot in fastboot mode and
> > a work item is scheduled for removal & detection.
> > 
> > The WWAN device is reset using APCI call as part driver
> > removal flow. Work queue rescans pci bus at fixed interval
> > for device detection, later when device is detect work queue
> > exits.

I'm not sure what's going on here.  Do we need to reset the device
when the t7xx driver is loaded so the device will load new firmware
when it comes out of reset?

There are a few drivers that do that, e.g., with pci_reset_function().

> > +static struct remove_rescan_context t7xx_rescan_ctx;

Apparently this only supports a single t7xx instance in a system?  Not
good.

> > +void t7xx_pci_dev_rescan(void)
> > +{
> > +	struct pci_bus *b = NULL;
> > +
> > +	pci_lock_rescan_remove();
> > +	while ((b = pci_find_next_bus(b)))
> > +		pci_rescan_bus(b);

No, this driver absolutely cannot rescan and assign unassigned
resources for all the PCI buses in the system.

Bjorn