Re: [PATCH v2] Revert "PCI: layerscape: Change default error response behavior"

From: Frank Li

Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 12:39:03 EST


On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 11:30:34AM -0500, Frank Li wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 11:33:23AM -0400, Jeff Barnes wrote:
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> >
> > This reverts commit 84d897d69938
> > ("PCI: layerscape: Change default error response behavior").
> >
> > The Layerscape PCIe driver programs the DesignWare
> > AMBA_ERROR_RESPONSE_DEFAULT register at offset 0x8d0 with 0x9401.
> >
> > For AXI, the documented default with AMBA_ERROR_RESPONSE_GLOBAL cleared
> > returns OKAY with all-ones data for errors on non-posted requests.
> > Setting AMBA_ERROR_RESPONSE_GLOBAL causes an AXI error response instead,
> > with AMBA_ERROR_RESPONSE_MAP selecting SLVERR or DECERR for individual
> > PCIe completion errors.
> >
> > The value 0x9401 sets AMBA_ERROR_RESPONSE_GLOBAL and maps Unsupported
> > Request, Completer Abort, and Completion Timeout to SLVERR.
> >
> > A PCI configuration access can race with the link going down after
> > dw_pcie_other_conf_map_bus() checks the link but before
> > pci_generic_config_read() performs the MMIO access. If the transaction
> > results in a Completion Timeout, the Layerscape error response setting
> > propagates it to AXI as SLVERR, resulting in an asynchronous SError and
> > kernel panic.
> >
> > Reproduce the race by obtaining the configuration-space mapping while
> > the link is up, then disabling the link from another CPU immediately
> > before performing the MMIO configuration read.
> >
> > With the error response override enabled, the overlapping configuration
> > read results in an asynchronous SError and kernel panic. With the
> > DesignWare default behavior restored, the same test returns 0xffffffff.
> > AER reports a non-fatal Completion Timeout, and no SError or kernel
> > panic occurs.
> >
> > Restore the documented DesignWare default error response behavior so a
> > failed non-posted PCIe transaction does not become a fatal AXI error.
> >
> > Fixes: 84d897d69938 ("PCI: layerscape: Change default error response behavior")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Barnes <jeffbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
> ---
>
> should be here, maintainer should can handle this for you.

And avoid post new version at old thread, which will confuse patchwork and
other CI tools.

>
> Reviewed-by: Frank Li <Frank.Li@xxxxxxx>.
>
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Change the subject to identify this as a revert, as requested by
> > Frank Li.
> > - Document the DesignWare AMBA_ERROR_RESPONSE_DEFAULT behavior and
> > decode the 0x9401 setting used by Layerscape.
> > - Clarify that the setting propagates Completion Timeout as AXI SLVERR
> > rather than causing the underlying PCIe transaction failure.
> >
> > ---
> > drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-layerscape.c | 12 ------------
> > 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-layerscape.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-layerscape.c
> > index 14d6ac4fc53f..d333f1ae8a41 100644
> > --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-layerscape.c
> > +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-layerscape.c
> > @@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
> >
> > /* PEX Internal Configuration Registers */
> > #define PCIE_STRFMR1 0x71c /* Symbol Timer & Filter Mask Register1 */
> > -#define PCIE_ABSERR 0x8d0 /* Bridge Slave Error Response Register */
> > -#define PCIE_ABSERR_SETTING 0x9401 /* Forward error of non-posted request */
> >
> > /* PF Message Command Register */
> > #define LS_PCIE_PF_MCR 0x2c
> > @@ -103,14 +101,6 @@ static void ls_pcie_drop_msg_tlp(struct ls_pcie *pcie)
> > iowrite32(val, pci->dbi_base + PCIE_STRFMR1);
> > }
> >
> > -/* Forward error response of outbound non-posted requests */
> > -static void ls_pcie_fix_error_response(struct ls_pcie *pcie)
> > -{
> > - struct dw_pcie *pci = pcie->pci;
> > -
> > - iowrite32(PCIE_ABSERR_SETTING, pci->dbi_base + PCIE_ABSERR);
> > -}
> > -
> > static u32 ls_pcie_pf_lut_readl(struct ls_pcie *pcie, u32 off)
> > {
> > if (pcie->big_endian)
> > @@ -180,8 +170,6 @@ static int ls_pcie_host_init(struct dw_pcie_rp *pp)
> > struct dw_pcie *pci = to_dw_pcie_from_pp(pp);
> > struct ls_pcie *pcie = to_ls_pcie(pci);
> >
> > - ls_pcie_fix_error_response(pcie);
> > -
> > dw_pcie_dbi_ro_wr_en(pci);
> > ls_pcie_clear_multifunction(pcie);
> > dw_pcie_dbi_ro_wr_dis(pci);
> > --
> > 2.43.0
> >
>