Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] PCI: dwc: Force L2 link entry on shutdown/reboot without D3cold check

From: Konrad Dybcio

Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 07:19:48 EST


On 9/5/26 2:48 AM, Krishna Chaitanya Chundru wrote:
> dw_pcie_suspend_noirq() normally calls pci_host_common_d3cold_possible()
> to check whether every downstream endpoint can be put into D3cold before
> bothering to move the link to L2. If no endpoint supports it, the
> function returns early and leaves the link up.
>
> Querying D3cold support during shutdown is actively harmful, not just
> slow: pci_host_common_d3cold_possible() requires every active endpoint
> to already be in PCI_D3hot, and returns false otherwise. If any endpoint
> is still in D0 -- which is common, since endpoint drivers aren't
> guaranteed to have suspended by the time the host's shutdown path runs
> the check fails and dw_pcie_suspend_noirq() returns early without ever
> moving the link to L2, leaving it up right up to the point where the
> system cuts power/clocks to the controller.
>
> Add a "force_d3cold" flag to struct dw_pcie_rp that callers set
> explicitly to force this behavior, rather than having
> dw_pcie_suspend_noirq() infer the shutdown/reboot case itself from
> system_state. Still call pci_host_common_d3cold_possible()
> unconditionally, since it's also how "pme_capable" gets set, but ignore
> its return value when force_d3cold is set and force L2 entry regardless.
>
> Signed-off-by: Krishna Chaitanya Chundru <krishna.chundru@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-host.c | 5 +++--
> drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-host.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-host.c
> index f5a38e6fd8d7..a8a3861c2956 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-host.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware-host.c
> @@ -1224,14 +1224,15 @@ static int dw_pcie_pme_turn_off(struct dw_pcie *pci)
>
> int dw_pcie_suspend_noirq(struct dw_pcie *pci)
> {
> - bool pme_capable = false;
> + bool d3cold, pme_capable = false;

"d3cold_possible" or "_allowed" (although "_possible" follows the
helper name so perhaps it's better) would be more descriptive here

Konrad

> int ret = 0;
> u32 val;
>
> if (!dw_pcie_link_up(pci))
> goto stop_link;
>
> - if (!pci_host_common_d3cold_possible(pci->pp.bridge, &pme_capable))
> + d3cold = pci_host_common_d3cold_possible(pci->pp.bridge, &pme_capable);
> + if (!d3cold && !pci->pp.force_d3cold)
> return 0;
>
> if (pci->pp.ops->pme_turn_off) {
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware.h b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware.h
> index a53ac27cd244..8becf4e62703 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware.h
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pcie-designware.h
> @@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ struct dw_pcie_rp {
> bool native_ecam;
> bool skip_l23_ready;
> bool skip_pwrctrl_off;
> + bool force_d3cold;
> };
>
> struct dw_pcie_ep_ops {
>