[PATCH v18 11/13] PCI: Cache PCI DSN into pci_dev->dsn during probe

From: Terry Bowman

Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 18:29:34 EST


Subsequent CXL error-reporting code paths need to log the PCI Device
Serial Number (DSN) as part of trace events emitted from interrupt or
panic context. Computing the DSN there via pci_get_dsn() requires PCI
configuration space reads, which are slow, can fail when the link is
down or frozen, and may not be safe in some contexts.

Add a u64 dsn field to struct pci_dev and populate it from pci_get_dsn()
during pci_init_capabilities() at probe time via pci_dsn_init(). Only
write dev->dsn when the read succeeds. The zero initial value from
pci_dev allocation already represents 'no DSN available.'

pci_get_dsn() is not modified because it remains a pure config-space read
with no side effects on pci_dev. The cache is written exclusively by
pci_dsn_init() at probe time.

Signed-off-by: Terry Bowman <terry.bowman@xxxxxxx>

---

Changes in v17->v18:
- New commit.
---
drivers/cxl/core/ras.c | 11 ++++++-----
drivers/cxl/core/ras_rch.c | 4 ++--
drivers/cxl/pci.c | 2 +-
drivers/pci/probe.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
include/linux/pci.h | 1 +
5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/ras.c b/drivers/cxl/core/ras.c
index acf40b2396c3b..69b320c74469c 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/ras.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/ras.c
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ void cxl_cper_handle_prot_err(struct cxl_cper_prot_err_work_data *data)
dport = cxl_find_dport_by_dev(port, &pdev->dev);

if (data->severity == AER_CORRECTABLE)
- cxl_cper_trace_corr_prot_err(port, dport, pci_get_dsn(pdev),
+ cxl_cper_trace_corr_prot_err(port, dport, pdev->dsn,
&data->ras_cap);
else
- cxl_cper_trace_uncorr_prot_err(port, dport, pci_get_dsn(pdev),
+ cxl_cper_trace_uncorr_prot_err(port, dport, pdev->dsn,
&data->ras_cap);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxl_cper_handle_prot_err);
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ void cxl_do_recovery(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct cxl_port *port, struct cxl_dpo
return;
}

- if (cxl_handle_ras(port, dport, ras_base, pci_get_dsn(pdev)))
+ if (cxl_handle_ras(port, dport, ras_base, pdev->dsn))
panic("CXL cachemem error");

dev_dbg(&pdev->dev,
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ pci_ers_result_t cxl_pci_error_detected(struct pci_dev *pdev,
* CXL.mem traffic.
*/
ue = cxl_handle_ras(port, NULL, to_ras_base(port, NULL),
- pci_get_dsn(pdev));
+ pdev->dsn);
}

/*
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ static void cxl_handle_proto_error(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct cxl_port *port,
struct cxl_dport *dport, int severity)
{
if (severity == AER_CORRECTABLE)
- cxl_handle_cor_ras(port, dport, to_ras_base(port, dport), pci_get_dsn(pdev));
+ cxl_handle_cor_ras(port, dport, to_ras_base(port, dport),
+ pdev->dsn);
else
cxl_do_recovery(pdev, port, dport);
}
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/ras_rch.c b/drivers/cxl/core/ras_rch.c
index 0385d2f4a2f66..14bb3bdb2d092 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/ras_rch.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/ras_rch.c
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ void cxl_handle_rdport_errors(struct pci_dev *pdev)

pci_print_aer(pdev, severity, &aer_regs);
if (severity == AER_CORRECTABLE)
- cxl_handle_cor_ras(dport->port, dport, to_ras_base(port, dport),
- pci_get_dsn(pdev));
+ cxl_handle_cor_ras(dport->port, dport,
+ to_ras_base(port, dport), pdev->dsn);
else
cxl_do_recovery(pdev, dport->port, dport);
}
diff --git a/drivers/cxl/pci.c b/drivers/cxl/pci.c
index 6cf1db7b85020..45a994cc782a9 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/pci.c
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ static int cxl_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
if (!dvsec)
pci_warn(pdev, "Device DVSEC not present, skip CXL.mem init\n");

- mds = cxl_memdev_state_create(&pdev->dev, pci_get_dsn(pdev), dvsec);
+ mds = cxl_memdev_state_create(&pdev->dev, pdev->dsn, dvsec);
if (IS_ERR(mds))
return PTR_ERR(mds);
cxlds = &mds->cxlds;
diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c
index dd0abbc63e18d..92ece5ec211f8 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/probe.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c
@@ -2638,6 +2638,19 @@ void pcie_report_downtraining(struct pci_dev *dev)
__pcie_print_link_status(dev, false);
}

+/*
+ * Cache the Device Serial Number for use in contexts where config-space
+ * reads are unsafe (interrupt, panic). Process-context callers that
+ * need a fresh value (e.g. hotplug device replacement) use pci_get_dsn().
+ */
+static void pci_dsn_init(struct pci_dev *dev)
+{
+ u64 dsn = pci_get_dsn(dev);
+
+ if (dsn)
+ dev->dsn = dsn;
+}
+
static void pci_imm_ready_init(struct pci_dev *dev)
{
u16 status;
@@ -2674,6 +2687,7 @@ static void pci_init_capabilities(struct pci_dev *dev)
pci_rebar_init(dev); /* Resizable BAR */
pci_dev3_init(dev); /* Device 3 capabilities */
pci_ide_init(dev); /* Link Integrity and Data Encryption */
+ pci_dsn_init(dev); /* Serial number */

pcie_report_downtraining(dev);
pci_init_reset_methods(dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 64b308b6e61c1..48a1622639190 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ struct pci_dev {
unsigned long *dma_alias_mask;/* Mask of enabled devfn aliases */

struct pci_driver *driver; /* Driver bound to this device */
+ u64 dsn; /* PCI Device Serial Number */
u64 dma_mask; /* Mask of the bits of bus address this
device implements. Normally this is
0xffffffff. You only need to change
--
2.34.1