linux-kernel - Re: Crashes in -next due to 'phy: add support for a reset-gpio specification'

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Date:	Wed, 18 May 2016 08:45:06 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	"linux-next@...r.kernel.org" <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	Uwe Kleine-König 
	<u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: Crashes in -next due to 'phy: add support for a reset-gpio
 specification'

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 10:01:37PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Le 17/05/2016 21:37, Guenter Roeck a écrit :
> > Hi,
> > 
> > my xtensa qemu tests crash in -next as follows.
> > 
> > [ ... ]
> > 
> > [    9.366256] libphy: ethoc-mdio: probed
> > [    9.367389]  (null): could not attach to PHY
> > [    9.368555]  (null): failed to probe MDIO bus
> > [    9.371540] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address
> > 0000001c
> > [    9.371540]  pc = d0320926, ra = 903209d1
> > [    9.375358] Oops: sig: 11 [#1]
> > [    9.376081] PREEMPT
> > [    9.377080] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted
> > 4.6.0-next-20160517 #1
> > [    9.378397] task: d7c2c000 ti: d7c30000 task.ti: d7c30000
> > [    9.379394] a00: 903209d1 d7c31bd0 d7fb5810 00000001 00000000
> > 00000000 d7f45c00 d7c31bd0
> > [    9.382298] a08: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00060100
> > d04b0c10 d7f45dfc d7c31bb0
> > [    9.385732] pc: d0320926, ps: 00060110, depc: 00000018, excvaddr:
> > 0000001c
> > [    9.387061] lbeg: d0322e35, lend: d0322e57 lcount: 00000000, sar:
> > 00000011
> > [    9.388173]
> > Stack: d7c31be0 00060700 d7f45c00 d7c31bd0 9021d509 d7c31c30 d7f45c00
> > 00000000
> >        d0485dcc d0485dcc d7fb5810 d7c2c000 00000000 d7c31c30 d7f45c00
> > d025befc
> >        d0485dcc d7c30000 d7f45c34 d7c31bf0 9021c985 d7c31c50 d7f45c00
> > d7f45c34
> > [    9.396652] Call Trace:
> > [    9.397469]  [<d021d4d9>] __device_release_driver+0x7d/0x98
> > [    9.398869]  [<d021d509>] device_release_driver+0x15/0x20
> > [    9.400247]  [<d021c985>] bus_remove_device+0xc1/0xd4
> > [    9.401569]  [<d021a935>] device_del+0x109/0x15c
> > [    9.402794]  [<d025c3f9>] phy_mdio_device_remove+0xd/0x18
> > [    9.404124]  [<d025d264>] mdiobus_unregister+0x40/0x5c
> > [    9.405444]  [<d025ff44>] ethoc_probe+0x534/0x5b8
> > [    9.406742]  [<d021e2e0>] platform_drv_probe+0x28/0x48
> > [    9.408122]  [<d021d1e5>] driver_probe_device+0x101/0x234
> > [    9.409499]  [<d021d395>] __driver_attach+0x7d/0x98
> > [    9.410809]  [<d021bd80>] bus_for_each_dev+0x30/0x5c
> > [    9.412104]  [<d021cdf0>] driver_attach+0x14/0x18
> > [    9.413385]  [<d021ca61>] bus_add_driver+0xc9/0x198
> > [    9.414686]  [<d021d7d4>] driver_register+0x70/0xa0
> > [    9.416001]  [<d021e2b4>] __platform_driver_register+0x24/0x28
> > [    9.417463]  [<d04a1d34>] ethoc_driver_init+0x10/0x14
> > [    9.418824]  [<d00032c8>] do_one_initcall+0x80/0x1ac
> > [    9.420083]  [<d049386d>] kernel_init_freeable+0x131/0x198
> > [    9.421504]  [<d03236e8>] kernel_init+0xc/0xb0
> > [    9.422693]  [<d000482c>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x8/0xc
> > 
> > Bisect points to commit da47b4572056 ("phy: add support for a reset-gpio
> > specification").
> > Bisect log is attached. Reverting the patch fixes the problem.
> 
> Aside from what you pointed out, this patch was still in dicussion when
> it got merged, since we got a concurrent patch from Sergei which tries
> to deal with the same kind of problem.
> 
> Do you mind sending a revert, or I can do that first thing in the morning.
> 
I don't think I'll find the time to do that today, and also I would like
to hear from Dave what his preferences are.

Note that this now also affects mainline.

Guenter