Re: [PATCH 2/2] fpga: altera-cvp: Propagate PCI config access errors
Xu Yilun <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:42:58 +0800
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-fpga,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <amGNwqOFs3oLXhWt@yilunxu-OptiPlex-7050> |
On Wed, Jul 01, 2026 at 09:26:33AM +0000, Daisuke Matsuda wrote: > From: Daisuke Matsuda <[email protected]> > > The CvP control path accesses the VSEC registers through PCI config space, > but several reads and writes ignore the return value. If a config read > fails, the driver can make decisions from an undefined register value and > continue programming with bogus status or control bits. Searching from the kernel, most pci_read/write_config_dword() don't check return values. Could you help me understand why they don't but this driver has the specific need? Thanks, Yilun