ata: libata-eh: Avoid unnecessary resets when revalidating devices

In ata_eh_revalidate_and_attach(), a link LPM policy is always
set to ATA_LPM_MAX_POWER before calling ata_dev_revalidate() to ensure
that the call to ata_phys_link_offline() does not return true, thus
causing an unnecessary device reset. This change was introduced
with commit 71d7b6e51ad3 ("ata: libata-eh: avoid needless hard reset
when revalidating link").

However, setting the link LPM policy to ATA_LPM_MAX_POWER may be
visible only after some time, depending on the power state the link was
in. E.g. transitioning out of the Partial state should take no longer
than a few microseconds, but transitioning out of the Slumber or
DevSleep state may take several milliseconds. So despite the changes
introduced with commit 71d7b6e51ad3 ("ata: libata-eh: avoid needless
hard reset when revalidating link"), we can still endup with
ata_phys_link_offline() seeing a link SCR_STATUS register signaling that
the device is present (DET is equal to 1h) but that the link PHY is
still in a low power mode (e.g. IPM is 2h, signaling "Interface in
Partial power management state"). In such cases, ata_phys_link_offline()
returns true, causing an EIO return for ata_eh_revalidate_and_attach()
and a device reset.

Avoid such unnecessary device resets by introducing a relaxed version
of the link offline test implemented by ata_phys_link_offline() with
the new helper function ata_eh_link_established(). This functions
returns true if for the link SCR_STATUS register we see that:
 - A device is still present, that is, the DET field is 1h (Device
   presence detected but Phy communication not established) or 3h
   (Device presence detected and Phy communication established).
 - Communication is established, that is, the IPM field is not 0h,
   indicating that the PHY is online or in a low power state.

Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250701125321.69496-5-dlemoal@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index f98d5123e1e4..7f5d13f9ca73 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2071,6 +2071,33 @@ out:
 	ata_eh_done(link, dev, ATA_EH_GET_SUCCESS_SENSE);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check if a link is established. This is a relaxed version of
+ * ata_phys_link_online() which accounts for the fact that this is potentially
+ * called after changing the link power management policy, which may not be
+ * reflected immediately in the SSTAUS register (e.g., we may still be seeing
+ * the PHY in partial, slumber or devsleep Partial power management state.
+ * So check that:
+ * - A device is still present, that is, DET is 1h (Device presence detected
+ *   but Phy communication not established) or 3h (Device presence detected and
+ *   Phy communication established)
+ * - Communication is established, that is, IPM is not 0h, indicating that PHY
+ *   is online or in a low power state.
+ */
+static bool ata_eh_link_established(struct ata_link *link)
+{
+	u32 sstatus;
+	u8 det, ipm;
+
+	if (sata_scr_read(link, SCR_STATUS, &sstatus))
+		return false;
+
+	det = sstatus & 0x0f;
+	ipm = (sstatus >> 8) & 0x0f;
+
+	return (det & 0x01) && ipm;
+}
+
 /**
  *	ata_eh_link_set_lpm - configure SATA interface power management
  *	@link: link to configure
@@ -3275,7 +3302,7 @@ static int ata_eh_revalidate_and_attach(struct ata_link *link,
 					goto err;
 			}
 
-			if (ata_phys_link_offline(ata_dev_phys_link(dev))) {
+			if (!ata_eh_link_established(ata_dev_phys_link(dev))) {
 				rc = -EIO;
 				goto err;
 			}