Re: [PATCH V3] PCI/ASPM: reconfigure ASPM following hotplug for POLICY_DEFAULT

From: Sinan Kaya
Date: Fri Mar 10 2017 - 09:36:20 EST


Hi Bjorn,

On 3/9/2017 5:27 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> How hard do you think it would be to rework this path slightly so we:
>
> - call pcie_aspm_init_link_state() for every device, maybe from
> pci_init_capabilities()
>
> - for bridges, have pcie_aspm_init_link_state() allocate a
> link_state, regardless of whether it currently has any children,
> and save the ASPM settings done by firmware
>
> - for endpoints, have pcie_aspm_init_link_state() do the actual ASPM
> setup of the link as it currently does
>
> - for endpoints, change pcie_aspm_exit_link_state() so it cleans up
> the device's own state and disables ASPM if necessary, but doesn't
> remove the parent's link_state
>
> - for bridges, change pcie_aspm_exit_link_state() so it frees the
> bridge's own link_state

Thanks for the feedback, Let me take a stab at this.
Sinan

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