Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] PCI: dwc: Rework the error print of dw_pcie_wait_for_link()

From: Manivannan Sadhasivam

Date: Wed Jan 07 2026 - 04:10:06 EST


On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 04:38:14PM +0800, Shawn Lin wrote:
> 在 2026/01/07 星期三 16:11, Manivannan Sadhasivam via B4 Relay 写道:
> > From: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > If the link fails to come up even after detecting the device on the bus
> > i.e., if the LTSSM is not in Detect.Quiet and Detect.Active states, then
> > dw_pcie_wait_for_link() should log it as an error.
> >
> > So promote dev_info() to dev_err(), reword the error log to make it clear
> > and also print the LTSSM state to aid debugging.
>
> LTSSM might still be changing, so not sure how much value it would be
> to print it at a singal moment, but anyway
>

It is very unlikely that the LTSSM would be changing after the 1s timeout.
Printing the state will allow debugging the link up failure.

- Mani

> Reviewed-by: Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware.c
> > index 87f2ebc134d6..c2dfadc53d04 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware.c
> > @@ -776,7 +776,8 @@ int dw_pcie_wait_for_link(struct dw_pcie *pci)
> > return -ENODEV;
> > }
> > - dev_info(pci->dev, "Phy link never came up\n");
> > + dev_err(pci->dev, "Link failed to come up. LTSSM: %s\n",
> > + dw_pcie_ltssm_status_string(ltssm));
> > return -ETIMEDOUT;
> > }
> >
>

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