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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] PCI: keystone: Fix race condition when initializing
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To:     Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@ti.com>, <lpieralisi@kernel.org>,
        <robh@kernel.org>, <kw@linux.com>, <bhelgaas@google.com>
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References: <20230927041845.1222080-1-s-vadapalli@ti.com>
From:   Ravi Gunasekaran <r-gunasekaran@ti.com>
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On 9/27/23 9:48 AM, Siddharth Vadapalli wrote:
> The PCI driver invokes the PHY APIs using the ks_pcie_enable_phy()
> function. The PHY in this case is the Serdes. It is possible that the
> PCI instance is configured for 2 lane operation across two different
> Serdes instances, using 1 lane of each Serdes. In such a configuration,
> if the reference clock for one Serdes is provided by the other Serdes,
> it results in a race condition. After the Serdes providing the reference
> clock is initialized by the PCI driver by invoking its PHY APIs, it is
> not guaranteed that this Serdes remains powered on long enough for the
> PHY APIs based initialization of the dependent Serdes. In such cases,
> the PLL of the dependent Serdes fails to lock due to the absence of the
> reference clock from the former Serdes which has been powered off by the
> PM Core.
> 
> Fix this by obtaining reference to the PHYs before invoking the PHY
> initialization APIs and releasing reference after the initialization is
> complete.

Sounds reasonable.

Acked-by: Ravi Gunasekaran <r-gunasekaran@ti.com>

Ravi
> 
> Fixes: 49229238ab47 ("PCI: keystone: Cleanup PHY handling")
> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Vadapalli <s-vadapalli@ti.com>
> ---
> 
> NOTE: This patch is based on linux-next tagged next-20230927.
> 
> v2:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230926063638.1005124-1-s-vadapalli@ti.com/
> 
> Changes since v2:
> - Implement suggestion by Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
>   moving the phy_pm_runtime_put_sync() For-Loop section before the
>   return value of ks_pcie_enable_phy(ks_pcie) is checked, thereby
>   preventing duplication of the For-Loop.
> - Rebase patch on next-20230927.
> 
> v1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230926054200.963803-1-s-vadapalli@ti.com/
> 
> Changes since v1:
> - Add code to release reference(s) to the phy(s) when
>   ks_pcie_enable_phy(ks_pcie) fails.
> 
> Regards,
> Siddharth.
> 
>  drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
> index 49aea6ce3e87..0ec6720cc2df 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-keystone.c
> @@ -1218,7 +1218,16 @@ static int __init ks_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		goto err_link;
>  	}
>  
> +	/* Obtain reference(s) to the phy(s) */
> +	for (i = 0; i < num_lanes; i++)
> +		phy_pm_runtime_get_sync(ks_pcie->phy[i]);
> +
>  	ret = ks_pcie_enable_phy(ks_pcie);
> +
> +	/* Release reference(s) to the phy(s) */
> +	for (i = 0; i < num_lanes; i++)
> +		phy_pm_runtime_put_sync(ks_pcie->phy[i]);
> +
>  	if (ret) {
>  		dev_err(dev, "failed to enable phy\n");
>  		goto err_link;

-- 
Regards,
Ravi