Re: [PATCH v4] PCI/portdrv: Allow probing even without child services
From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Thu Jul 23 2026 - 17:59:55 EST
On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 04:09:42PM -0700, Brian Norris wrote:
> The PCIe port driver fails to probe if it finds no child services,
> presumably under the assumption that the driver is not useful in that case.
> However, the driver *can* still be useful for power management support --
> namely, it still configures the port for runtime PM / D3, which may be
> important for allowing a bridge to enter low power modes.
>
> Thus, allow probe to succeed even if no IRQs and no child services are
> available. This also mirrors existing behavior for ports that don't support
> any portdrv services (PCIe hotplug, AER, DPC, PME, bwctrl), where we'd also
> probe successfully.
>
> This change is a bit more important after commit f5cd8a929c82 ("PCI: dwc:
> Remove MSI/MSIX capability for Root Port if iMSI-RX is used as MSI
> controller"), because it's common for some DWC-based systems to:
>
> 1. have only the "aer" and "pcie_pme" port services available and
>
> 2. not define legacy INTx interrupts properly in their device tree.
>
> After commit f5cd8a929c82, such systems may fail pcie_init_service_irqs()
> and so exit with -ENODEV.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/nyada24tqwlkzdceyoxbzitzygvp4elvj5oajnqdwb33xkcdwk@76vnrx45fsfd/
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Applied to pci/portdrv for v7.3, thanks!
> ---
>
> Changes in v4:
> * Between sashiko-bot / Mani / me / Bjorn, we agreed that deferring
> pci_set_master() may cause us to drop some MSIs:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/af574zaysKnXjx15@xxxxxxxxxx/
> So we revert to the v2 approach, with some small changes
> * Address some of Lukas's review comments:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/al68lFtbq_Q4RCL2@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Specifically:
> - ensure pcie_device_init() return code is checked
> - release IRQs (pci_free_irq_vectors()) when no services registered
> properly
> * Borrow some of Bjorn's commit message tweaks
>
> Changes in v3:
> * Defer pci_set_master() until we really know we have some child
> service
>
> Changes in v2:
> * Clear master when we have no child services
>
> drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv.c | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv.c
> index 2d6aa488fe7b..18ee190acc6e 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv.c
> @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static int pcie_device_init(struct pci_dev *pdev, int service, int irq)
> */
> static int pcie_port_device_register(struct pci_dev *dev)
> {
> - int status, capabilities, i, nr_service;
> + int status, capabilities, i;
> int irqs[PCIE_PORT_DEVICE_MAXSERVICES];
>
> /* Enable PCI Express port device */
> @@ -355,29 +355,29 @@ static int pcie_port_device_register(struct pci_dev *dev)
> if (status) {
> capabilities &= PCIE_PORT_SERVICE_HP;
> if (!capabilities)
> - goto error_disable;
> + goto out;
> }
>
> /* Allocate child services if any */
> - status = -ENODEV;
> - nr_service = 0;
> for (i = 0; i < PCIE_PORT_DEVICE_MAXSERVICES; i++) {
> int service = 1 << i;
> if (!(capabilities & service))
> continue;
> - if (!pcie_device_init(dev, service, irqs[i]))
> - nr_service++;
> + if (pcie_device_init(dev, service, irqs[i]))
> + capabilities &= ~service;
> }
> - if (!nr_service)
> - goto error_cleanup_irqs;
>
> - return 0;
> +out:
> + /*
> + * With no child services, we shouldn't need bus mastering or any IRQ
> + * vectors we allocated.
> + */
> + if (!capabilities) {
> + pci_free_irq_vectors(dev);
> + pci_clear_master(dev);
> + }
>
> -error_cleanup_irqs:
> - pci_free_irq_vectors(dev);
> -error_disable:
> - pci_disable_device(dev);
> - return status;
> + return 0;
> }
>
> typedef int (*pcie_callback_t)(struct pcie_device *);
> --
> 2.55.0.229.g6434b31f56-goog
>