Use `link_active_reporting' to determine whether Data Link Layer Link Active Reporting is available rather than re-retrieving the capability. Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- NB this has been compile-tested only with a PPC64LE configuration. New change in v6. --- arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) linux-pcie-link-active-reporting-eeh.diff Index: linux-macro/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c =================================================================== --- linux-macro.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c +++ linux-macro/arch/powerpc/kernel/eeh_pe.c @@ -671,9 +671,8 @@ static void eeh_bridge_check_link(struct eeh_ops->write_config(edev, cap + PCI_EXP_LNKCTL, 2, val); /* Check link */ - eeh_ops->read_config(edev, cap + PCI_EXP_LNKCAP, 4, &val); - if (!(val & PCI_EXP_LNKCAP_DLLLARC)) { - eeh_edev_dbg(edev, "No link reporting capability (0x%08x) \n", val); + if (!edev->pdev->link_active_reporting) { + eeh_edev_dbg(edev, "No link reporting capability\n"); msleep(1000); return; }