Re: [PATCH 1/2] PCI: cadence: Ensure that cdns_pcie_host_wait_for_link() waits 100 ms after link up

From: Siddharth Vadapalli

Date: Sat May 02 2026 - 01:16:07 EST


On 01/05/26 21:05, Hans Zhang wrote:
As per PCIe r6.0, sec 6.6.1, a Downstream Port that supports Link speeds
greater than 5.0 GT/s, software must wait a minimum of 100 ms after Link
training completes before sending a Configuration Request.

Add a new 'max_link_speed' field in struct cdns_pcie to record the
maximum supported (or currently configured) link speed of the controller.

In cdns_pcie_host_wait_for_link(), after the link is reported as up,
insert a 100 ms delay if max_link_speed > 2 (i.e., > 5 GT/s). This
implements the required delay at the common Cadence host layer.

Currently max_link_speed is zero-initialized, so the delay is not yet
active. Glue drivers must set max_link_speed appropriately to enable
the delay. This matches the approach taken for the Synopsys DWC
controller in commit 80dc18a0cba8d ("PCI: dwc: Ensure that
dw_pcie_wait_for_link() waits 100 ms after link up").

Signed-off-by: Hans Zhang <18255117159@xxxxxxx>
---
.../pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-common.c | 9 +++++++++
drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-common.c b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-common.c
index 2b0211870f02..d4ae762f423f 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-common.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-common.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include "pcie-cadence.h"
#include "pcie-cadence-host-common.h"
+#include "../../pci.h"
#define LINK_RETRAIN_TIMEOUT HZ
@@ -55,6 +56,14 @@ int cdns_pcie_host_wait_for_link(struct cdns_pcie *pcie,
/* Check if the link is up or not */
for (retries = 0; retries < LINK_WAIT_MAX_RETRIES; retries++) {
if (pcie_link_up(pcie)) {
+ /*
+ * As per PCIe r6.0, sec 6.6.1, a Downstream Port that
+ * supports Link speeds greater than 5.0 GT/s, software
+ * must wait a minimum of 100 ms after Link training
+ * completes before sending a Configuration Request.
+ */
+ if (pcie->max_link_speed > 2)
+ msleep(PCIE_RESET_CONFIG_WAIT_MS);

I think the above could be moved to cdns_pcie_host_start_link() as follows:

diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-common.c b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-common.c
index 2b0211870f02..0f885dcbdb12 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-common.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-common.c
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ int cdns_pcie_host_start_link(struct cdns_pcie_rc *rc,
if (!ret && rc->quirk_retrain_flag)
ret = cdns_pcie_retrain(pcie, pcie_link_up);

+ /*
+ * As per PCIe r6.0, sec 6.6.1, a Downstream Port that
+ * supports Link speeds greater than 5.0 GT/s, software
+ * must wait a minimum of 100 ms after Link training
+ * completes before sending a Configuration Request.
+ */
+ if (!ret && pcie->max_link_speed > 2)
+ msleep(PCIE_RESET_CONFIG_WAIT_MS);
+
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cdns_pcie_host_start_link);

This will avoid an additional and unnecessary delay when 'cdns_pcie_retrain()' retrains the link.

Instead of checking for the link being up using "pcie_link_up(pcie)", checking for 'ret' being zero should also work (ret being zero indicates that the link is up).

Since configuration space accesses will not be performed until cdns_pcie_host_start_link() completes executing, it should be safe to switch to the above implementation.


dev_info(dev, "Link up\n");
return 0;
}

[TRIMMED]

Regards,
Siddharth.