RE: [PATCH v5 2/2] PCI: amd-mdb: Add support for PCIe RP PERST# signal handling

From: Musham, Sai Krishna
Date: Fri Jul 18 2025 - 23:00:00 EST


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Hi Bjorn,

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] PCI: amd-mdb: Add support for PCIe RP PERST#
> signal handling
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> On Fri, Jul 18, 2025 at 04:30:32AM +0000, Musham, Sai Krishna wrote:
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> > Hi Bjorn,
> >
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> > > From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Bharat
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> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] PCI: amd-mdb: Add support for PCIe RP PERST#
> > > signal handling
> > >
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> > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 10:53:57AM +0530, Sai Krishna Musham wrote:
> > > > Add support for handling the AMD Versal Gen 2 MDB PCIe Root Port PERST#
> > > > signal via a GPIO by parsing the new PCIe bridge node to acquire the
> > > > reset GPIO. If the bridge node is not found, fall back to acquiring it
> > > > from the PCIe node.
> > > >
> > > > As part of this, update the interrupt controller node parsing to use
> > > > of_get_child_by_name() instead of of_get_next_child(), since the PCIe
> > > > node now has multiple children. This ensures the correct node is
> > > > selected during initialization.
>
> > > > + * If amd_mdb_parse_pcie_port returns -ENODEV, it indicates that the
> > > > + * PCIe Bridge node was not found in the device tree. This is not
> > > > + * considered a fatal error and will trigger a fallback where the
> > > > + * reset GPIO is acquired directly from the PCIe node.
> > > > + */
> > > > + if (ret && ret != -ENODEV) {
> > > > + return ret;
> > > > + } else if (ret == -ENODEV) {
> > >
> > > The "ret" checking seems unnecessarily complicated.
> > >
> > > > + dev_info(dev, "Falling back to acquire reset GPIO from PCIe
> node\n");
> > >
> > > I don't think this is worthy of a message. If there are DTs in the
> > > field that were valid once, they continue to be valid forever, and
> > > there's no point in complaining about them.
> > >
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250702-perst-v5-2-
> 920b3d1f6ee1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > > has a good example of how to this fallback nicely.
> > >
> > > Otherwise looks good to me.
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback. I've removed the fallback message and simplified the
> "ret"
> > checking. Could you please confirm if this looks good for v6?
> >
> > if (ret == -ENODEV) {
> >
> > /* Request the GPIO for PCIe reset signal and assert */
> > pcie->perst_gpio = devm_gpiod_get_optional(dev, "reset",
> > GPIOD_OUT_HIGH);
> > if (IS_ERR(pcie->perst_gpio))
> > return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(pcie->perst_gpio),
> > "Failed to request reset GPIO\n");
> > } else if (ret) {
> > return ret;
> > }
>
> Looks good to me. It's important to note that this -ENODEV fallback
> uses the PERST# GPIO described in the host bridge, not in a Root Port,
> but I think your comment above includes this.
>

Thanks for the confirmation. Yes, you're correct - the fallback uses the
PERST# GPIO described in the host bridge.

I will submit v6 with the simplified error handling.

> Bjorn

Regards,
Sai Krishna