Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] PCI: rcar: Use PCI_SET_ERROR_RESPONSE after read which triggered an exception

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 4:46 AM <marek.vasut@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@gmail.com>
>
> 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 PCI_ERROR_RESPONSE.
>
> 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 PCI_ERROR_RESPONSE.
>
> Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marek.vasut+renesas@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

With this series applied, my koelsch (R-Car M2-W) with Intel 9301CT
Gigabit Ethernet adapter survived 1000 suspend/resume cycles.
Before, it would lock-up after a handful tries.

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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