Re: [PATCH v12 0/6] Address error and recovery for AER and DPC

[Sinan Kaya]

On 3/14/2018 4:50 PM, Keith Busch wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 11:47:12PM -0400, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>>
>> The spec is recommending code to use "Hotplug Surprise" to differentiate
>> these two cases we are looking for. 
>>
>> The use case Keith is looking for is for hotplug support. 
>> The case I and Oza are more interested is for error handling on platforms
>> with no hotplug support.
>>
>> According to the spec, if "Hotplug Surprise" is set in slot capabilities,
>> then hotplug driver handles link up and DPC driver doesn't interfere with
>> its operation. Hotplug driver observes link up interrupt like it is doing today.
>> When link up event is observed, hotplug driver will do the enumeration.
>>
>> If "Hotplug Surprise" bit is not set, it is the job of the DPC driver to
>> bring up the link. I believe this path should follow the AER driver path
>> as there is a very well defined error reporting and recovery framework
>> in the code.
>>
>> The link comes back up automatically when DPC driver handles its interrupt
>> very similar to what secondary bus reset does for AER. I don't believe
>> there is a hotplug possibility under this condition since it is not supported
>> to begin with.
>>
>> Should we plumb the "Hotplug Surprise" condition into the code to satisfy
>> both cases and leave the error handling path according to this code series?
> 
> I'm on board with this, but I think you mean "Hotplug Capable" rather
> than "Hotplug Surprise". The former may co-exist with DPC and handles
> the link-ups, leaving DPC responsible for handling the link-down.
> 

Yes, we can go with "Hotplug Capable".

> The "Hotplug Surprise" capability is recommended to not co-exist with DPC
> since that capability may suppress the "surprise link down" notification
> that DPC needs to see in order to trigger.
> 
> If the "Hotplug Capable" bit is not set, detecting the link-up after a
> DPC event would have to fall under a different component's responsibility,
> so I think I'm finally seeing your point.
> 

OK. To simplify our life, we can check if hotplug service is attached to this
device or not and follow two different paths.

We can get rid of re-enumeration and stop devices for the non-hotplug case
and make it behave exactly like AER.

Bjorn, will that work for you?


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