Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: Fix no-op wait after secondary bus reset

[Lukas Wunner]

On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 04:36:10PM +0800, Sheng Bi wrote:
> If so, I also want to align the polling things mentioned in the
> question from Alex, since pci_dev_wait() is also used for reset
> functions other than SBR. To Bjorn, Alex, Lucas, how do you think if
> we need to change the polling in pci_dev_wait() to 20ms intervals, or
> keep binary exponential back-off with probable unexpected extra
> timeout delay.

The exponential backoff should probably be capped at some point
to avoid excessive wait delays.  I guess the rationale for
exponential backoff is to not poll too frequently.
Capping at 20 msec or 100 msec may be reasonable, i.e.:

-		delay *= 2;
+		delay = min(delay * 2, 100);

Thanks,

Lukas