Re: [PATCH v2] PCI: dwc: Proceed with system suspend even if the endpoint doesn't respond with PME_TO_Ack message

From: Frank Li

Date: Wed Feb 18 2026 - 12:07:46 EST


On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 05:01:42PM +0530, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> PCIe spec r7.0, sec 5.3.3.2.1, recommends proceeding with L2/L3 sequence
> even if one or devices do not respond with PME_TO_Ack message after 10ms
> timeout.
>
> So just print a warning if the timeout happens and proceed with the system
> suspend.
>
> Reported-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>
>
> Changes in v2:
>
> * Added 'ret = 0' to avoid failing callers
>
> drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-host.c | 10 +++++++---
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-host.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-host.c
> index 6ae6189e9b8a..ba183fc3e77c 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-host.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-host.c
> @@ -1256,9 +1256,13 @@ int dw_pcie_suspend_noirq(struct dw_pcie *pci)
> PCIE_PME_TO_L2_TIMEOUT_US/10,
> PCIE_PME_TO_L2_TIMEOUT_US, false, pci);
> if (ret) {
> - /* Only log message when LTSSM isn't in DETECT or POLL */
> - dev_err(pci->dev, "Timeout waiting for L2 entry! LTSSM: 0x%x\n", val);
> - return ret;
> + /*
> + * Failure is non-fatal since spec r7.0, sec 5.3.3.2.1,
> + * recommends proceeding with L2/L3 sequence even if one or more
> + * devices do not respond with PME_TO_Ack after 10ms timeout.
> + */
> + dev_warn(pci->dev, "Timeout waiting for L2 entry! LTSSM: 0x%x\n", val);
> + ret = 0;
> }
>
> /*
> --
> 2.51.0
>