Re: [PATCH] PCI: pciehp: Avoid returning prematurely from sysfs requests

[Lukas Wunner]

On Fri, Aug 09, 2019 at 01:32:16PM -0600, Keith Busch wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 09, 2019 at 12:28:43PM +0200, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> > A sysfs request to enable or disable a PCIe hotplug slot should not
> > return before it has been carried out.  That is sought to be achieved
> > by waiting until the controller's "pending_events" have been cleared.
> > 
> > However the IRQ thread pciehp_ist() clears the "pending_events" before
> > it acts on them.  If pciehp_sysfs_enable_slot() / _disable_slot() happen
> > to check the "pending_events" after they have been cleared but while
> > pciehp_ist() is still running, the functions may return prematurely
> > with an incorrect return value.
> > 
> > Fix by introducing an "ist_running" flag which must be false before a
> > sysfs request is allowed to return.
> 
> Can you instead just call synchronize_irq(ctrl->pcie->irq) after the
> pending events is cleared?

You mean call synchronize_irq() from pciehp_sysfs_enable_slot() /
disable_slot()?  That's a good idea, let me think that through and
try to make it work that way.

Thanks!

Lukas