[PATCH v2] PCI: cadence: skip the link polling when endpoint not connected

From: Aksh Garg

Date: Tue Jun 23 2026 - 05:56:43 EST


cdns_pcie_host_wait_for_link() polls on link-up for 10 retries with a
delay of 90-100ms each (~1 second). A call to cdns_pcie_host_link_setup()
during the resume operation blocks the resume operation unnecessarily for
~1s even when no endpoint device is connected.

Add link_down_no_hotplug flag to track link state across suspend/resume
cycles (for the platforms that do not support hotplug). If link was
down before suspend in such platforms, skip the expensive polling in
resume since no endpoint was present.

Reviewed-by: Chen Wang <unicorn_wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Aksh Garg <a-garg7@xxxxxx>
---

Changes from v1 to v2:
- Updated the flag name from 'skip_link_polling' to 'link_down_no_hotplug'

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260605071922.1724499-1-a-garg7@xxxxxx/

drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pci-j721e.c | 5 +++++
drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-hpa.c | 3 +++
drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host.c | 3 +++
drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.h | 3 +++
4 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pci-j721e.c b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pci-j721e.c
index bfdfe98d5aba..48db7a6cf754 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pci-j721e.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pci-j721e.c
@@ -686,6 +686,11 @@ static int j721e_pcie_suspend_noirq(struct device *dev)
struct j721e_pcie *pcie = dev_get_drvdata(dev);

if (pcie->mode == PCI_MODE_RC) {
+ struct cdns_pcie_rc *rc = cdns_pcie_to_rc(pcie->cdns_pcie);
+
+ /* If link is down before suspend, skip polling in resume */
+ rc->link_down_no_hotplug = !j721e_pcie_link_up(pcie->cdns_pcie);
+
gpiod_set_value_cansleep(pcie->reset_gpio, 0);
clk_disable_unprepare(pcie->refclk);
}
diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-hpa.c b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-hpa.c
index 0f540bed58e8..31cf50cff8f8 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-hpa.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host-hpa.c
@@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ int cdns_pcie_hpa_host_link_setup(struct cdns_pcie_rc *rc)
return ret;
}

+ if (rc->link_down_no_hotplug)
+ return 0;
+
ret = cdns_pcie_host_wait_for_link(pcie, cdns_pcie_hpa_link_up);
if (ret)
dev_dbg(dev, "PCIe link never came up\n");
diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host.c b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host.c
index 0bc9e6e90e0e..50abc657a871 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence-host.c
@@ -352,6 +352,9 @@ int cdns_pcie_host_link_setup(struct cdns_pcie_rc *rc)
return ret;
}

+ if (rc->link_down_no_hotplug)
+ return 0;
+
ret = cdns_pcie_host_start_link(rc, cdns_pcie_link_up);
if (ret)
dev_dbg(dev, "PCIe link never came up\n");
diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.h b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.h
index 574e9cf4d003..1561022c1a8b 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.h
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/cadence/pcie-cadence.h
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ struct cdns_pcie {
* @no_inbound_map: Whether inbound mapping is supported
* @quirk_broken_aspm_l0s: Disable ASPM L0s support as quirk
* @quirk_broken_aspm_l1: Disable ASPM L1 support as quirk
+ * @link_down_no_hotplug: Skip link polling during resume on no-hotplug
+ * platforms when link was down before suspend
*/
struct cdns_pcie_rc {
struct cdns_pcie pcie;
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ struct cdns_pcie_rc {
unsigned int no_inbound_map:1;
unsigned int quirk_broken_aspm_l0s:1;
unsigned int quirk_broken_aspm_l1:1;
+ unsigned int link_down_no_hotplug:1;
};

/**
--
2.34.1