[PATCH V7 0/5] PCI/ASPM: reconfigure ASPM following hotplug for POLICY_DEFAULT

[Patel, Mayurkumar]

Hi Sinan

>Hi Mayurkumar,
>
>On 3/30/2017 9:30 AM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>> When the operating system is booted with the default ASPM policy
>> (POLICY_DEFAULT), current code is querying the enable/disable
>> states from ASPM registers to determine the policy.
>>
>> For example, a BIOS could set the power saving state to performance
>> and clear all ASPM control registers. A balanced ASPM policy could
>> enable L0s and disable L1. A power conscious BIOS could enable both
>> L0s and L1 to trade off latency and performance vs. power.
>>
>> After hotplug removal, pcie_aspm_exit_link_state() function clears
>> the ASPM registers. An insertion following hotplug removal reads
>> incorrect policy as ASPM disabled even though ASPM was enabled
>> during boot.
>>
>> This is caused by the fact that same function is used for reconfiguring
>> ASPM regardless of the power on state.
>>
>> ------------------------
>> Changes from v6 (https://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg572876.html)
>> ------------------------
>> - revert the accidental parent check in bridge remove
>>
>> Sinan Kaya (5):
>>   PCI/ASPM: introduce pci_aspm_init() and add to pci_init_capabilities()
>>   PCI/ASPM: split pci_aspm_init() into two
>>   PCI/ASPM: add init hook to device_add
>>   PCI/ASPM: save power on values during bridge init
>>   PCI/ASPM: move link_state cleanup to bridge remove
>>
>>  drivers/pci/pcie/aspm.c | 137 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>>  drivers/pci/probe.c     |   3 ++
>>  drivers/pci/remove.c    |   3 +-
>>  include/linux/pci.h     |   2 +
>>  4 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
>>
>
>Did you get a chance to test?
>

Not yet. Will get back in this week sometimes to give you some feedback.



Thanks
Mayur

>Sinan
>
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