[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.18-5.15] ACPI: PCI: Clear _DEP dependencies after PCI root bridge attach

From: Sasha Levin

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 12:44:41 EST


From: Chen Pei <cp0613@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 3a59c3b772e5dc0cedecce8e7fbf7c2d6245b643 ]

PCI root bridges enumerated by acpi_pci_root_add() can be the _DEP
supplier for other ACPI consumers, most notably ACPI0017 CXL root
devices whose probe path depends on acpi_pci_find_root() succeeding.
Once the root bus has been added, those consumers can safely be
enumerated, so notify them by clearing the dependency.

Call acpi_dev_clear_dependencies() at the end of acpi_pci_root_add(),
after pci_bus_add_devices(), following the same pattern used by other
ACPI suppliers such as the EC (drivers/acpi/ec.c) and the ACPI PCI
Link device (drivers/acpi/pci_link.c). The clear is intentionally
done only on the success path; on the error paths the supplier did
not attach and consumers must keep dep_unmet set.

This is a prerequisite for honoring _DEP on ACPI0016 host bridges,
which matters on architectures where the probe order of acpi_pci_root
relative to cxl_acpi is not guaranteed (e.g. RISC-V).

Signed-off-by: Chen Pei <cp0613@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Dan Williams (nvidia) <djbw@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260526025118.38935-2-cp0613@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
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LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:

The background searches finished and match the earlier analysis:

- **Commit located**: `b52e0117014b6` (stable prep) and upstream
`3a59c3b772e5d` — on `autosel` / `all-next`, not in current `v6.18.44`
HEAD.
- **Companion patch**: `82dbacca5220e` (“Honor _DEP for ACPI0016”) is
also only on `autosel`, not in 6.18.44.
- **Current tree**: `drivers/acpi/pci_root.c` still lacks
`acpi_dev_clear_dependencies()`, and `acpi_honor_dep_ids[]` has no
`ACPI0016` entry.

**Verdict unchanged: YES** — backport this commit together with patch
2/2 for the CXL `_DEP` ordering fix on 6.18.y.

drivers/acpi/pci_root.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
index 74ade41603145..332568e00f37c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/pci_root.c
@@ -760,6 +760,10 @@ static int acpi_pci_root_add(struct acpi_device *device,
pci_lock_rescan_remove();
pci_bus_add_devices(root->bus);
pci_unlock_rescan_remove();
+
+ /* Clear _DEP dependencies to allow consumers to enumerate */
+ acpi_dev_clear_dependencies(device);
+
return 1;

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