[External] Re: [PATCH v3] PCI/ERR: Use pcie_aer_is_native() to judge whether OS owns AER

Zhuo Chen chenzhuo.1 at bytedance.com
Fri Aug 12 19:27:29 AEST 2022



On 8/3/22 6:18 AM, Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy wrote:
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> On 7/27/22 2:37 AM, Zhuo Chen wrote:
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>> Do you mean changing "if ((host->native_aer || pcie_ports_native) && aer)" into "if (pcie_aer_is_native(dev) && aer)" ?
>> I thought changing into "if (pcie_aer_is_native(dev))" before.
>>
>> One another doubt. Not every pci device support aer. When dev->aer_cap is NULL and root->aer_cap is not NULL in aer_root_reset(), pcie_aer_is_native() will return false and OS cannot operate root register. It's different from just using "(host->native_aer || pcie_ports_native)".
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>> Or we can change "if ((host->native_aer || pcie_ports_native) && aer)" into "if (pcie_aer_is_native(root))". But in this way, argument NULL pointer check should be added in pcie_aer_is_native().
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> Looking into it again, I think it is better to leave it as it is. Please ignore my comment.
> 

Thanks! Is there anything else to improve and what's next for
the patch v3 ?

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Thanks,
Zhuo Chen


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