On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 06:38:09PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote: > On Thursday 28 May 2020 11:26:04 Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 04:31:41PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote: > > > When there is no PCIe card connected and advk_pcie_rd_conf() or > > > advk_pcie_wr_conf() is called for PCI bus which doesn't belong to emulated > > > root bridge, the aardvark driver throws the following error message: > > > > > > advk-pcie d0070000.pcie: config read/write timed out > > > > > > Obviously accessing PCIe registers of disconnected card is not possible. > > > > > > Extend check in advk_pcie_valid_device() function for validating > > > availability of PCIe bus. If PCIe link is down, then the device is marked > > > as Not Found and the driver does not try to access these registers. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c | 3 +++ > > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c > > > index 90ff291c24f0..53a4cfd7d377 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c > > > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/pci-aardvark.c > > > @@ -644,6 +644,9 @@ static bool advk_pcie_valid_device(struct advk_pcie *pcie, struct pci_bus *bus, > > > if ((bus->number == pcie->root_bus_nr) && PCI_SLOT(devfn) != 0) > > > return false; > > > > > > + if (bus->number != pcie->root_bus_nr && !advk_pcie_link_up(pcie)) > > > + return false; > > > > I don't think this is the right fix. This makes it racy because the > > link may go down after we call advk_pcie_valid_device() but before we > > perform the config read. > > Yes, it is racy, but I do not think it cause problems. Trying to read > PCIe registers when device is not connected cause just those timeouts, > printing error message and increased delay in advk_pcie_wait_pio() due > to polling loop. This patch reduce unnecessary access to PCIe registers > when advk_pcie_wait_pio() polling just fail. What happens when the device is removed after advk_pcie_link_up() returns true, but before we actually do the config access?