netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: phy: Avoid deadlock during phy

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:37:49 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch, kyle.roeschley@...com,
        rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: phy: Avoid deadlock during phy_error()

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 15:31:52 -0800

> phy_error() is called in the PHY state machine workqueue context, and
> calls phy_trigger_machine() which does a cancel_delayed_work_sync() of
> the workqueue we execute from, causing a deadlock situation.
> 
> Augment phy_trigger_machine() machine with a sync boolean indicating
> whether we should use cancel_*_sync() or just cancel_*_work().
> 
> Fixes: 3c293f4e08b5 ("net: phy: Trigger state machine on state change and not polling.")
> Reported-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Florian.