Re: [PATCH v3] PCI: Skip Target Speed quirk on clamped ports with no link

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 9/18/26 14:18, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Sep 2026, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>> That being said and wrt to the "a lot going on": seems this causes some
>> devices to not work for iirc at least two reporters. Would it maybe be
>> better to revert the culprit and reapply it later once that is sorted
>> out? Or is this not an option or a bad one for some reason? Reminder,
>> normally Linus in a situation like this wants regressions ideally 'fixed
>> "within a week", preferably before the next rc':
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-%3Dwi86AosXs66-yi54%2BmpQjPu0upxB8ZAfG%2BLsMyJmcuMSA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Disclaimer/reminder: I'm an outsider trying to ensure regressions are
handled well, I'm neither affected by the problems nor involved in PCI
subsystem development.
>  Reverting will cause other configurations to regress, so this would be 
> replacing one regression with another.

Well, guess so, as regressions and fixes for them iirc have stacked
here, so there might be no good established base to go back to. But
*normally* going back to one is what Linus afaics wants to actually
prevent exactly a back-and-forth or an exchange of one bug for another.
He wants to ensure that people can always feel safe to update. See these
quotes from Linus for details:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/handling-regressions.html#on-back-and-forth

So yes, not reverting might be the best at this point, as 7.2 is out for
a while already and so far there are only two reports iirc. You folks
are the best to judge here. That's why I'll also leave the other aspects
you raised to others.

Ciao, Thorsten