Re: [RFC PATCH 1/6] PCI/RCEC: Introduce pcie_walk_rcec_all()

[Dan Williams]

Terry Bowman wrote:
[..]
> > Hi Terry,
> > 
> > This patchset is responding to the implications of the implementation
> > note in 9.18.1.5 RCEC Downstream Port Association Structure (RDPAS).
> > That says that CXL.io and CXL.cachemem errors in Root Ports may indeed
> > be signaled to an RCEC. Do you expect that implementation note to cause
> > any issues on platforms that do not follow that CXL spec behavior?
> > 
> > My expectation is that it may just cause extra polling for errors, but
> > not cause any harm.
> 
> AMD platforms in RCH/RCD mode consume protocol errors in the RCEC's AER driver. AMD 
> platforms in VH mode consume protocol errors (including root port errors) in the 
> root port's AER driver. The exception is the VH mode host with CXL1.1 endpoint and 
> RCH downstream errors. CXL1.1 endpoint and RCH downstream errors in a VH host are 
> consumed in the RCEC.

I agree that's the most compatible path for existing software.

> I don't believe these patchset changes would affect this behavior. But, I will need 
> to test to confirm.

As I wrote to Li Ming, I think any potential conflict can further be
limited by the fact that this extra scanning is limited to CXL.cachemem,
not typical PCI AER flows.