netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix missing register lock in serdes_get

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Date:   Sun, 18 Mar 2018 19:54:18 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Fix missing register lock
 in serdes_get_stats

On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 11:23:05AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> We can hit the register lock not held assertion with the following path:
> 
> [   34.170631] mv88e6085 0.1:00: Switch registers lock not held!
> [   34.176510] CPU: 0 PID: 950 Comm: ethtool Not tainted 4.16.0-rc4 #143
> [   34.182985] Hardware name: Freescale Vybrid VF5xx/VF6xx (Device Tree)
> [   34.189519] Backtrace:
> [   34.192033] [<8010c4b4>] (dump_backtrace) from [<8010c788>] (show_stack+0x20/0x24)
> [   34.199680]  r6:9f5dc010 r5:00000011 r4:9f5dc010 r3:00000000
> [   34.205434] [<8010c768>] (show_stack) from [<80679d38>] (dump_stack+0x24/0x28)
> [   34.212719] [<80679d14>] (dump_stack) from [<804844a8>] (mv88e6xxx_read+0x70/0x7c)
> [   34.220376] [<80484438>] (mv88e6xxx_read) from [<804870dc>] (mv88e6xxx_port_get_cmode+0x34/0x4c)
> [   34.229257]  r5:a09cd128 r4:9ee31d07
> [   34.232880] [<804870a8>] (mv88e6xxx_port_get_cmode) from [<80487e6c>] (mv88e6352_port_has_serdes+0x24/0x64)
> [   34.242690]  r4:9f5dc010
> [   34.245309] [<80487e48>] (mv88e6352_port_has_serdes) from [<804880b8>] (mv88e6352_serdes_get_stats+0x28/0x12c)
> [   34.255389]  r4:00000001
> [   34.257973] [<80488090>] (mv88e6352_serdes_get_stats) from [<804811e8>] (mv88e6xxx_get_ethtool_stats+0xb0/0xc0)
> [   34.268156]  r10:00000000 r9:00000000 r8:00000000 r7:a09cd020 r6:00000001 r5:9f5dc01c
> [   34.276052]  r4:9f5dc010
> [   34.278631] [<80481138>] (mv88e6xxx_get_ethtool_stats) from [<8064f740>] (dsa_slave_get_ethtool_stats+0xbc/0xc4)
> 
> mv88e6xxx_get_ethtool_stats() calls mv88e6xxx_get_stats() which calls both
> chip->info->ops->stats_get_stats(), which holds the register lock, and
> chip->info->ops->serdes_get_stats() which does not. Have
> chip->info->ops->serdes_get_stats() be running with the register lock held to
> avoid such assertions.
> 
> Fixes: 436fe17d273b ("net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Allow the SERDES interfaces to have statistics")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Yes, i have the same patch in my backlog of patches.

    Andrew