Re: [PATCH] thunderbolt: Clear hops before overwriting

[Andreas Noever]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 05:42:21PM +0200, Andreas Noever wrote:
>> Zero hops in tb_path_activate before writing a new path.
>>
>> This fixes the following scenario:
>>  - Boot with a coldplugged device
>>  - Unplug device
>>  - Plug device back in
>>  - PCI hotplug fails
>>
>> The hotplug operation fails because our new path matches the (now
>> defunct) path which was setup by the firmware for the coldplugged
>> device. By writing zeros before writing our path configuration we can
>> force thunderbolt to retrain the path.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/thunderbolt/path.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Should this get in for 3.17-final or can it wait for 3.18?  I'm thinking
> 3.17, but want to make sure.

I would prefer 3.17.

> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
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