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diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.rst b/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.rst index c237596f67e3..0c7552a00c8c 100644 --- a/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.rst +++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci-error-recovery.rst @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ chipsets are able to deal with these errors; these include PCI-E chipsets, and the PCI-host bridges found on IBM Power4, Power5 and Power6-based pSeries boxes. A typical action taken is to disconnect the affected device, halting all I/O to it. The goal of a disconnection is to avoid system -corruption; for example, to halt system memory corruption due to DMA's +corruption; for example, to halt system memory corruption due to DMAs to "wild" addresses. Typically, a reconnection mechanism is also offered, so that the affected PCI device(s) are reset and put back into working condition. The reset phase requires coordination @@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ is STEP 6 (Permanent Failure). complex and not worth implementing. The current powerpc implementation doesn't much care if the device - attempts I/O at this point, or not. I/O's will fail, returning + attempts I/O at this point, or not. I/Os will fail, returning a value of 0xff on read, and writes will be dropped. If more than - EEH_MAX_FAILS I/O's are attempted to a frozen adapter, EEH + EEH_MAX_FAILS I/Os are attempted to a frozen adapter, EEH assumes that the device driver has gone into an infinite loop and prints an error to syslog. A reboot is then required to get the device working again. @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ instead will have gone directly to STEP 3 (Link Reset) or STEP 4 (Slot Reset) .. note:: The following is proposed; no platform implements this yet: - Proposal: All I/O's should be done _synchronously_ from within + Proposal: All I/Os should be done _synchronously_ from within this callback, errors triggered by them will be returned via the normal pci_check_whatever() API, no new error_detected() callback will be issued due to an error happening here. However, @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Powerpc platforms implement two levels of slot reset: soft reset(default) and fundamental(optional) reset. Powerpc soft reset consists of asserting the adapter #RST line and then -restoring the PCI BAR's and PCI configuration header to a state +restoring the PCI BARs and PCI configuration header to a state that is equivalent to what it would be after a fresh system power-on followed by power-on BIOS/system firmware initialization. Soft reset is also known as hot-reset. @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ permanent failure in some way. If the device is hotplug-capable, the operator will probably want to remove and replace the device. Note, however, not all failures are truly "permanent". Some are caused by over-heating, some by a poorly seated card. Many -PCI error events are caused by software bugs, e.g. DMA's to +PCI error events are caused by software bugs, e.g. DMAs to wild addresses or bogus split transactions due to programming errors. See the discussion in Documentation/powerpc/eeh-pci-error-recovery.rst for additional detail on real-life experience of the causes of |