Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] PCI: Configure Root Port MPS during host probing

[Mahesh Vaidya <mahesh.vaidya@altera.com>]

On 04-11-2025 22:21, Hans Zhang wrote:
> Current PCIe initialization exhibits a key optimization gap: Root Ports
> may operate with non-optimal Maximum Payload Size (MPS) settings. While
> downstream device configuration is handled during bus enumeration, Root
> Port MPS values inherited from firmware or hardware defaults often fail
> to utilize the full capabilities supported by controller hardware. This
> results in suboptimal data transfer efficiency throughout the PCIe
> hierarchy.
>
> This patch series addresses this by:
>
> 1.  Core PCI enhancement (Patch 1):
> - Proactively configures Root Port MPS during host controller probing
> - Sets initial MPS to hardware maximum (128 << dev->pcie_mpss)
> - Conditional on PCIe bus tuning being enabled (PCIE_BUS_TUNE_OFF unset)
> - Maintains backward compatibility via PCIE_BUS_TUNE_OFF check
> - Preserves standard MPS negotiation during downstream enumeration
>
> 2.  Driver cleanup (Patch 2):
> - Removes redundant MPS configuration from Meson PCIe controller driver
> - Functionality is now centralized in PCI core
> - Simplifies driver maintenance long-term
>
> ---
> Changes for v6:
> - Modify the commit message and comments. (Bjorn)
> - Patch 1/2 code logic: Add !bridge check to configure MPS only for Root Ports
>    without an upstream bridge (root bridges), avoiding incorrect handling of
>    non-root-bridge Root Ports (Niklas).
Tested this patch series on Agilex 7.

Tested-by: Mahesh Vaidya <mahesh.vaidya@altera.com>

>
> Changes for v5:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-pci/patch/20250620155507.1022099-1-18255117159@163.com/
>
> - Use pcie_set_mps directly instead of pcie_write_mps.
> - The patch 1 commit message were modified.
>
> Changes for v4:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-pci/patch/20250510155607.390687-1-18255117159@163.com/
>
> - The patch [v4 1/2] add a comment to explain why it was done this way.
> - The patch [v4 2/2] have not been modified.
> - Drop patch [v3 3/3]. The Maintainer of the pci-aardvark.c file suggests
>    that this patch cannot be submitted. In addition, Mani also suggests
>    dropping this patch until this series of issues is resolved.
>
> Changes for v3:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-pci/patch/20250506173439.292460-1-18255117159@163.com/
>
> - The new split is patch 2/3 and 3/3.
> - Modify the patch 1/3 according to Niklas' suggestion.
>
> Changes for v2:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-pci/patch/20250425095708.32662-1-18255117159@163.com/
>
> - According to the Maintainer's suggestion, limit the setting of MPS
>    changes to platforms with controller drivers.
> - Delete the MPS code set by the SOC manufacturer.
> ---
>
> Hans Zhang (2):
>    PCI: Configure Root Port MPS during host probing
>    PCI: dwc: Remove redundant MPS configuration
>
>   drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-meson.c | 17 -----------------
>   drivers/pci/probe.c                    | 12 ++++++++++++
>   2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 691d401c7e0e5ea34ac6f8151bc0696db1b2500a

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