Re: [PATCH 2/2] PCI: Unify pci_dev_is_disconnected() and pci_dev_is_inaccessible()

[Lukas Wunner]

On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 10:36:35PM -0600, Kelsey Skunberg wrote:
> Change pci_dev_is_disconnected() call inside pci_dev_is_inaccessible() to:
> 
> 	pdev->error_state == pci_channel_io_perm_failure
> 
> Change remaining pci_dev_is_disconnected() calls to
> pci_dev_is_inaccessible() calls.

I don't think that's a good idea because it introduces a config space read
(for the vendor ID) in places where we don't want that.  E.g., after the
check of pdev->error_state, a regular config space read may take place and
if that returns all ones, we may already be able to determine that the
device is inaccessible, obviating the need for a vendor ID check.
Config space reads aren't for free.

Thanks,

Lukas