netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/6] sh_eth: remove custom .nway

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Date:   Sat, 26 May 2018 22:22:55 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@...tor.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] sh_eth: remove custom .nway_reset from ethtool ops

On 05/26/2018 09:46 PM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

>> The change fixes a sleep in atomic context issue, which can be
>> always triggered by running 'ethtool -r' command, because
>> phy_start_aneg() protects phydev fields by a mutex.
> 
>    Again, I'm unable to reproduce this BUG()...

   Now I can! I started to suspect this check needs to be specifically enabled
under the Kernel Hacking menu, and it turned out to be so...

>> Another note is that the change implicitly replaces phy_start_aneg()
>> with a newer phy_restart_aneg().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@...tor.com>
> [...]

MBR, Sergei