linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] net: phy: fix auto-negotiation stall due to unavailable interrupt

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Message-ID: <2f44a2db-da7a-2ca9-ea5e-6cc551c3008c@ti.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 17:18:21 +0300
From:   Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>
To:     Alexander Kochetkov <al.kochet@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
        Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] net: phy: fix auto-negotiation stall due to
 unavailable interrupt

On 20/04/17 14:00, Alexander Kochetkov wrote:
> The Ethernet link on an interrupt driven PHY was not coming up if the Ethernet
> cable was plugged before the Ethernet interface was brought up.
> 
> The patch trigger PHY state machine to update link state if PHY was requested to
> do auto-negotiation and auto-negotiation complete flag already set.
> 
> During power-up cycle the PHY do auto-negotiation, generate interrupt and set
> auto-negotiation complete flag. Interrupt is handled by PHY state machine but
> doesn't update link state because PHY is in PHY_READY state. After some time
> MAC bring up, start and request PHY to do auto-negotiation. If there are no new
> settings to advertise genphy_config_aneg() doesn't start PHY auto-negotiation.
> PHY continue to stay in auto-negotiation complete state and doesn't fire
> interrupt. At the same time PHY state machine expect that PHY started
> auto-negotiation and is waiting for interrupt from PHY and it won't get it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kochetkov <al.kochet@...il.com>
> Cc: stable <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v4.9+

Tested-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>

I think the following commit broke functionality with interrupt driven PHYs
3c293f4e08b5 ("net: phy: Trigger state machine on state change and not polling.")

cheers,
-roger

> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/phy.c |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  include/linux/phy.h   |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> index 7cc1b7d..2d9975b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> @@ -591,16 +591,18 @@ int phy_mii_ioctl(struct phy_device *phydev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_mii_ioctl);
>  
>  /**
> - * phy_start_aneg - start auto-negotiation for this PHY device
> + * phy_start_aneg_priv - start auto-negotiation for this PHY device
>   * @phydev: the phy_device struct
> + * @sync: indicate whether we should wait for the workqueue cancelation
>   *
>   * Description: Sanitizes the settings (if we're not autonegotiating
>   *   them), and then calls the driver's config_aneg function.
>   *   If the PHYCONTROL Layer is operating, we change the state to
>   *   reflect the beginning of Auto-negotiation or forcing.
>   */
> -int phy_start_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
> +static int phy_start_aneg_priv(struct phy_device *phydev, bool sync)
>  {
> +	bool trigger = 0;
>  	int err;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&phydev->lock);
> @@ -625,10 +627,40 @@ int phy_start_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	/* Re-schedule a PHY state machine to check PHY status because
> +	 * negotiation may already be done and aneg interrupt may not be
> +	 * generated.
> +	 */
> +	if (phy_interrupt_is_valid(phydev) && (phydev->state == PHY_AN)) {
> +		err = phy_aneg_done(phydev);
> +		if (err > 0) {
> +			trigger = true;
> +			err = 0;
> +		}
> +	}
> +
>  out_unlock:
>  	mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
> +
> +	if (trigger)
> +		phy_trigger_machine(phydev, sync);
> +
>  	return err;
>  }
> +
> +/**
> + * phy_start_aneg - start auto-negotiation for this PHY device
> + * @phydev: the phy_device struct
> + *
> + * Description: Sanitizes the settings (if we're not autonegotiating
> + *   them), and then calls the driver's config_aneg function.
> + *   If the PHYCONTROL Layer is operating, we change the state to
> + *   reflect the beginning of Auto-negotiation or forcing.
> + */
> +int phy_start_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
> +{
> +	return phy_start_aneg_priv(phydev, true);
> +}
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_start_aneg);
>  
>  /**
> @@ -656,7 +688,7 @@ void phy_start_machine(struct phy_device *phydev)
>   *   state machine runs.
>   */
>  
> -static void phy_trigger_machine(struct phy_device *phydev, bool sync)
> +void phy_trigger_machine(struct phy_device *phydev, bool sync)
>  {
>  	if (sync)
>  		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&phydev->state_queue);
> @@ -1151,7 +1183,7 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struct *work)
>  	mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
>  
>  	if (needs_aneg)
> -		err = phy_start_aneg(phydev);
> +		err = phy_start_aneg_priv(phydev, false);
>  	else if (do_suspend)
>  		phy_suspend(phydev);
>  
> diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
> index 7fc1105..b19ae66 100644
> --- a/include/linux/phy.h
> +++ b/include/linux/phy.h
> @@ -840,6 +840,7 @@ int phy_drivers_register(struct phy_driver *new_driver, int n,
>  void phy_mac_interrupt(struct phy_device *phydev, int new_link);
>  void phy_start_machine(struct phy_device *phydev);
>  void phy_stop_machine(struct phy_device *phydev);
> +void phy_trigger_machine(struct phy_device *phydev, bool sync);
>  int phy_ethtool_sset(struct phy_device *phydev, struct ethtool_cmd *cmd);
>  int phy_ethtool_gset(struct phy_device *phydev, struct ethtool_cmd *cmd);
>  int phy_ethtool_ksettings_get(struct phy_device *phydev,
>