netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet : stmicro: fixed power suspend and resume failure in stmmac driver

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Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:10:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hliang1025@...il.com
Cc:	peppe.cavallaro@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, adi-linux-docs@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: ethernet : stmicro: fixed power suspend and
 resume failure in stmmac driver

From: <hliang1025@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:55:34 +0800

> From: Hao Liang <hliang1025@...il.com>
> 
> This is the fix for a power management issue caused by suspend and resume function in stmmac_main.c.
> After enable CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP which enable sleep-inside atomic section checking, power
> managemet can not work normally. Board couldn't wakeup successfully after suspend. Command
> "echo mem > /sys/power/state" suspend the board.
> 
> In suspend and resume function of stmmac driver, there are some sleep-inside function in atomic section
> created by spin lock. These functions will causes system warnings and wakeup issue when enable
> CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP.
> 
> This bug was fixed by:
> * replace some sleep function with non-sleep function
>   clk_disable_unprepare -> clk_disable ...
> * decrease the atomic area created by spin lock function. The original atomic area in resume function is
> too large.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hao Liang <hliang1025@...il.com>

I really think the ->mac->xxx calls need to be under the lock, and therefore this
spinlock region shortening is not valid.
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