Hi Marek,
On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 8:50 PM <marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The R-Car PCIe controller is capable of handling L0s/L1 link states.
> While the controller can enter and exit L0s link state, and exit L1
> link state, without any additional action from the driver, to enter
> L1 link state, the driver must complete the link state transition by
> issuing additional commands to the controller.
>
> The problem is, this transition is not atomic. The controller sets
> PMEL1RX bit in PMSR register upon reception of PM_ENTER_L1 DLLP from
> the PCIe card, but then the controller enters some sort of inbetween
> state. The driver must detect this condition and complete the link
> state transition, by setting L1IATN bit in PMCTLR and waiting for
> the link state transition to complete.
>
> If a PCIe access happens inside this window, where the controller
> is between L0 and L1 link states, the access generates a fault and
> the ARM 'imprecise external abort' handler is invoked.
>
> Just like other PCI controller drivers, here we hook the fault handler,
> perform the fixup to help the controller enter L1 link state, and then
> restart the instruction which triggered the fault. Since the controller
> is in L1 link state now, the link can exit from L1 link state to L0 and
> successfully complete the access.
>
> While it was suggested to disable L1 link state support completely on
> the controller level, this would not prevent the L1 link state entry
> initiated by the link partner. This happens e.g. in case a PCIe card
> enters D3Hot state, which could be initiated from pci_set_power_state()
> if the card indicates D3Hot support, which in turn means link must enter
> L1 state. So instead, fix up the L1 link state after all.
>
> Note that this fixup is applicable only to Aarch32 R-Car controllers,
> the Aarch64 R-Car perform the same fixup in TFA, see TFA commit [1]
> 0969397f2 ("rcar_gen3: plat: Prevent PCIe hang during L1X config access")
> [1] https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/commit/0969397f295621aa26b3d14b76dd397d22be58bf
>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> V5: - Add mutex around rcar_pcie_aarch32_abort_handler()
spinlock (used as a mutex ;-)
> - Update commit message again to point out issues with L1/D3Hot states
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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