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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] PCI: Check for PCIe downtraining conditions
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On 7/19/2018 6:49 PM, Alex G. wrote:
>
>
> On 07/18/2018 08:38 AM, Tal Gilboa wrote:
>> On 7/16/2018 5:17 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>>> [+cc maintainers of drivers that already use pcie_print_link_status()
>>> and GPU folks]
> [snip]
>>>
>>>> +    /* Multi-function PCIe share the same link/status. */
>>>> +    if ((PCI_FUNC(dev->devfn) != 0) || dev->is_virtfn)
>>>> +        return;
>>>> +
>>>> +    pcie_print_link_status(dev);
>>>> +}
>>
>> Is this function called by default for every PCIe device? What about
>> VFs? We make an exception for them on our driver since a VF doesn't
>> have access to the needed information in order to provide a meaningful
>> message.
>
> I'm assuming VF means virtual function. pcie_print_link_status() doesn't
> care if it's passed a virtual function. It will try to do its job.
> That's why I bail out three lines above, with 'dev->is_virtfn' check.
>
> Alex

That's the point - we don't want to call pcie_print_link_status() for
virtual functions. We make the distinction in our driver. If you want to
change the code to call this function by default it shouldn't affect the
current usage.

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