PCI/DPC: Add "pcie_ports=dpc-native" to allow DPC without AER control
authorOlof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 19:22:05 +0000 (12:22 -0700)
committerBjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:11:43 +0000 (15:11 -0500)
commit35a0b2378c199d4f26e458b2ca38ea56aaf2d9b8
tree24707a1d8d621a7c9618ceec2d78cf1346d2bbec
parent161eea1b25268a1f7fa8d220a3f0c350b4cc491c
PCI/DPC: Add "pcie_ports=dpc-native" to allow DPC without AER control

Prior to eed85ff4c0da7 ("PCI/DPC: Enable DPC only if AER is available"),
Linux handled DPC events regardless of whether firmware had granted it
ownership of AER or DPC, e.g., via _OSC.

PCIe r5.0, sec 6.2.10, recommends that the OS link control of DPC to
control of AER, so after eed85ff4c0da7, Linux handles DPC events only if it
has control of AER.

On platforms that do not grant OS control of AER via _OSC, Linux DPC
handling worked before eed85ff4c0da7 but not after.

To make Linux DPC handling work on those platforms the same way they did
before, add a "pcie_ports=dpc-native" kernel parameter that makes Linux
handle DPC events regardless of whether it has control of AER.

[bhelgaas: commit log, move pcie_ports_dpc_native to drivers/pci/]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191023192205.97024-1-olof@lixom.net
Signed-off-by: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
drivers/pci/pcie/dpc.c
drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv.h
drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c
drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_pci.c