netdev - Re: [Regression] net/phy/micrel.c v4.9.94

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Message-ID: <2b270eb0-3193-943f-300c-8959fad7802b@gtsys.com.hk>
Date:   Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:34:43 +0800
From:   Chris Ruehl <chris.ruehl@...ys.com.hk>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Regression] net/phy/micrel.c v4.9.94

On Thursday, April 19, 2018 09:34 AM, Chris Ruehl wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thursday, April 19, 2018 09:21 AM, Chris Ruehl wrote:
>> On Wednesday, April 18, 2018 09:02 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 02:56:01PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 09:34:16AM +0800, Chris Ruehl wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I like to get your heads up at a regression introduced in 4.9.94
>>>>> commitment lead to a kernel ops and make the network unusable on my MX6DL
>>>>> customized board.
>>>>>
>>>>> Race condition resume is called on startup and the phy not yet initialized.
>>>>
>>>> Hi Chris
>>>>
>>>> Please could you try
>>>>
>>>> bfe72442578b ("net: phy: micrel: fix crash when statistic requested for 
>>>> KSZ9031 phy")
>>>
>>> I don't think it is a complete fix. I suspect "Micrel KSZ8795",
>>> "Micrel KSZ886X Switch", "Micrel KSZ8061", and "Micrel KS8737" will
>>> still have problems.
>>>
>>> Those four probably need a:
>>>
>>>          .probe          = kszphy_probe,
>>>
>>>     Andrew
>>>
>>
>> Indeed I have the
>> [    7.385851] Micrel KSZ9031 Gigabit PHY 2188000.ethernet-1:05: attached PHY 
>> driver [Micrel KSZ9031 Gigabit PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=2188000.ethernet-1:05, 
>> irq=-1)
>>
>> first I rollback to a non crashing stable kernel.
>>
>> As "bfe72442578b" gonna fix it I check with the next update and verify its 
>> works for me.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Chris
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> Change my mind. Find the patch you mentioned and will apply and test.
> 
> Chris

Andrew,

make a micro patch only and can confirm to add the .probe fix the ops.

But the imx serial is broken :-( ! have to have a look into it.

--- linux-4.9/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c.orig     2018-04-19 09:37:45.648000000 +0800
+++ linux-4.9/drivers/net/phy/micrel.c  2018-04-19 09:44:54.356000000 +0800
@@ -974,6 +974,7 @@
         .features       = (PHY_GBIT_FEATURES | SUPPORTED_Pause),
         .flags          = PHY_HAS_MAGICANEG | PHY_HAS_INTERRUPT,
         .driver_data    = &ksz9021_type,
+       .probe          = kszphy_probe,
         .config_init    = ksz9021_config_init,
         .config_aneg    = genphy_config_aneg,
         .read_status    = genphy_read_status,
@@ -993,6 +994,7 @@
         .features       = (PHY_GBIT_FEATURES | SUPPORTED_Pause),
         .flags          = PHY_HAS_MAGICANEG | PHY_HAS_INTERRUPT,
         .driver_data    = &ksz9021_type,
+       .probe          = kszphy_probe,
         .config_init    = ksz9031_config_init,
         .config_aneg    = genphy_config_aneg,
         .read_status    = ksz9031_read_status,

[    7.219735] Micrel KSZ9031 Gigabit PHY 2188000.ethernet-1:04: attached PHY 
driver [Micrel KSZ9031 Gigabit PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=2188000.ethernet-1:04, irq=-1)



Regards
Chris



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