Re: Thunderbolt driver hotplug not working correctly

From: Steven Noonan
Date: Fri Aug 15 2014 - 07:24:13 EST


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Andreas Noever
<andreas.noever@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Steven,
>
> I think that there are two problems:
> - The Kernel does not notice that the device is gone.
> - The first hotplug operation, after removing a coldplugged device fails.
>
> For the first one could you check whether thie pciehp (sub)-driver is loaded?
> (dmesg | grep pciehp should show something, the config option is
> CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE).
>
> I was able reproduce the second problem on my machine. Could you test whether
> this patch fixes the problem?
>

With the patch I see that PCI bridge 09:00.0 survives the hotplug
events, but the bridge at 0a:00.0 and the Ethernet controller don't
survive.

>
> ---
> drivers/thunderbolt/path.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/path.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/path.c
> index 8fcf8a7..9562cd0 100644
> --- a/drivers/thunderbolt/path.c
> +++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/path.c
> @@ -150,7 +150,26 @@ int tb_path_activate(struct tb_path *path)
>
> /* Activate hops. */
> for (i = path->path_length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
> - struct tb_regs_hop hop;
> + struct tb_regs_hop hop = { 0 };
> +
> + /*
> + * We do (currently) not tear down paths setup by the firmeware.
> + * If a firmware device is unplugged and plugged in again then
> + * it can happen that we reuse some of the hops from the (now
> + * defunct) firmeware path. This causes the hotplug operation to
> + * fail (the pci device does not show up). Clearing the hop
> + * before overwriting it fixes the problem.
> + *
> + * Should be removed once we discover and tear down firmeware
> + * paths.
> + */
> + res = tb_port_write(path->hops[i].in_port, &hop, TB_CFG_HOPS,
> + 2 * path->hops[i].in_hop_index, 2);
> + if (res) {
> + __tb_path_deactivate_hops(path, i);
> + __tb_path_deallocate_nfc(path, 0);
> + goto err;
> + }
>
> /* dword 0 */
> hop.next_hop = path->hops[i].next_hop_index;
> --
> 2.0.4
>
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