Re: [PATCH] PCI: pciehp: Use appropriate conditions to check the hotplug controller status

From: Lukas Wunner
Date: Fri May 24 2024 - 04:01:06 EST


On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 02:30:23PM +0800, Bitao Hu wrote:
> The values of 'present' and 'link_active' have similar meanings:
> the value is %1 if the status is ready, and %0 if it is not. If the
> hotplug controller itself is not available, the value should be
> %-ENODEV. However, both %1 and %-ENODEV are considered true, which
> obviously does not meet expectations. 'Slot(xx): Card present' and
> 'Slot(xx): Link Up' should only be output when the value is %1.
[...]
> --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_ctrl.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp_ctrl.c
> @@ -276,10 +276,10 @@ void pciehp_handle_presence_or_link_change(struct controller *ctrl, u32 events)
> case OFF_STATE:
> ctrl->state = POWERON_STATE;
> mutex_unlock(&ctrl->state_lock);
> - if (present)
> + if (present > 0)
> ctrl_info(ctrl, "Slot(%s): Card present\n",
> slot_name(ctrl));
> - if (link_active)
> + if (link_active > 0)
> ctrl_info(ctrl, "Slot(%s): Link Up\n",
> slot_name(ctrl));
> ctrl->request_result = pciehp_enable_slot(ctrl);

We already handle the "<= 0" case immediately above this code excerpt:

if (present <= 0 && link_active <= 0) {
...
}

So neither "present" nor "link_active" can be < 0 at this point.

Hence I don't quite understand what motivates the proposed code change?

Thanks,

Lukas