Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] PCI: rcar: Use PCI_SET_ERROR_RESPONSE after read which triggered an exception

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On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 05:38:37AM +0100, marek.vasut@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In case the controller is transitioning to L1 in rcar_pcie_config_access(),
> any read/write access to PCIECDR triggers asynchronous external abort. This
> is because the transition to L1 link state must be manually finished by the
> driver. The PCIe IP can transition back from L1 state to L0 on its own.
> 
> The current asynchronous external abort hook implementation restarts
> the instruction which finally triggered the fault, which can be a
> different instruction than the read/write instruction which started
> the faulting access. Usually the instruction which finally triggers
> the fault is one which has some data dependency on the result of the
> read/write. In case of read, the read value after fixup is undefined,
> while a read value of faulting read should be all Fs.

Since the kernel test robot found something to fix, maybe you could
replace "all Fs" with PCI_ERROR_RESPONSE at the same time.

> It is possible to enforce the fault using 'isb' instruction placed
> right after the read/write instruction which started the faulting
> access. Add custom register accessors which perform the read/write
> followed immediately by 'isb'.
> 
> This way, the fault always happens on the 'isb' and in case of read,
> which is located one instruction before the 'isb', it is now possible
> to fix up the return value of the read in the asynchronous external
> abort hook and make that read return all Fs.

And here.

Bjorn



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