Re: [PATCH v6 3/6] PCI: qcom: Add missing icc bandwidth vote for cpu to PCIe path

From: Konrad Dybcio
Date: Fri Jan 12 2024 - 17:33:36 EST


On 12.01.2024 16:17, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> On 12/01/2024 14:22, Krishna chaitanya chundru wrote:
>> CPU-PCIe path consits for registers PCIe BAR space, config space.
>> As there is less access on this path compared to pcie to mem path
>> add minimum vote i.e GEN1x1 bandwidth always.
>>
>> In suspend remove the cpu vote after register space access is done.
>>
>> Fixes: c4860af88d0c ("PCI: qcom: Add basic interconnect support")
>
> If this patch is a Fixes then don't you need the accompanying dts change as a parallel Fixes too ?
>
> i.e. without the dts update - you won't have the nodes in the dts to consume => applying this code to the stable kernel absent the dts will result in no functional change and therefore no bugfix.

The Fixes tag denotes a bug fix, its use for backport autosel is just
a nice "coincidence".

Fixing a lack of a required icc path and having to rely on BL leftovers
/ keepalive bus settings is definitely worth this tag in my eyes.

Konrad