Re: [PATCH] PCI: Increase VPD access timeout

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> On Nov 29, 2016, at 12:00 PM, Matthew R. Ochs <mrochs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> The PCI core uses a fixed 50ms timeout when waiting for VPD accesses to
> complete. When an access does not complete within this period, a warning
> is logged and an error returned to the caller.
> 
> While this default timeout is valid for most hardware, some devices can
> experience longer access delays under certain circumstances. For example,
> one of the IBM CXL Flash devices can take up to ~120ms in a worst-case
> scenario. These types of devices can benefit from an extended timeout.
> 
> To support devices with a longer access delay, increase the timeout in
> pci_vpd_wait() to 125ms. The PCI specification is silent with respect to
> VPD delays, therefore there is no concern for violating a threshold.

Hi Bjorn,

It's been about a month since I originally sent this, and I wanted to know
if you've had a chance to look it over. Would like to get this queued up for
4.11 if possible.


-matt

> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew R. Ochs <mrochs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/pci/access.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/access.c b/drivers/pci/access.c
> index d11cdbb..61b5a6b 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/access.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/access.c
> @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static size_t pci_vpd_size(struct pci_dev *dev, size_t old_size)
> static int pci_vpd_wait(struct pci_dev *dev)
> {
> 	struct pci_vpd *vpd = dev->vpd;
> -	unsigned long timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(50);
> +	unsigned long timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(125);
> 	unsigned long max_sleep = 16;
> 	u16 status;
> 	int ret;
> -- 
> 2.1.0
> 
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