netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4] net: phy: Don't trigger state machine while in suspend

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jun 2022 09:22:39 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@...well.net>,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>,
        Andre Edich <andre.edich@...rochip.com>,
        Oleksij Rempel <linux@...pel-privat.de>,
        Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@...labora.com>,
        Gabriel Hojda <ghojda@...urs.ro>,
        Christoph Fritz <chf.fritz@...glemail.com>,
        Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>,
        Philipp Rosenberger <p.rosenberger@...bus.com>,
        Ferry Toth <fntoth@...il.com>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4] net: phy: Don't trigger state machine while in
 suspend

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 12:15:08PM +0200, Lukas Wunner wrote:
> Upon system sleep, mdio_bus_phy_suspend() stops the phy_state_machine(),
> but subsequent interrupts may retrigger it:
> 
> They may have been left enabled to facilitate wakeup and are not
> quiesced until the ->suspend_noirq() phase.  Unwanted interrupts may
> hence occur between mdio_bus_phy_suspend() and dpm_suspend_noirq(),
> as well as between dpm_resume_noirq() and mdio_bus_phy_resume().
> 
> Retriggering the phy_state_machine() through an interrupt is not only
> undesirable for the reason given in mdio_bus_phy_suspend() (freezing it
> midway with phydev->lock held), but also because the PHY may be
> inaccessible after it's suspended:  Accesses to USB-attached PHYs are
> blocked once usb_suspend_both() clears the can_submit flag and PHYs on
> PCI network cards may become inaccessible upon suspend as well.
> 
> Amend phy_interrupt() to avoid triggering the state machine if the PHY
> is suspended.  Signal wakeup instead if the attached net_device or its
> parent has been configured as a wakeup source.  (Those conditions are
> identical to mdio_bus_phy_may_suspend().)  Postpone handling of the
> interrupt until the PHY has resumed.
> 
> Before stopping the phy_state_machine() in mdio_bus_phy_suspend(),
> wait for a concurrent phy_interrupt() to run to completion.  That is
> necessary because phy_interrupt() may have checked the PHY's suspend
> status before the system sleep transition commenced and it may thus
> retrigger the state machine after it was stopped.
> 
> Likewise, after re-enabling interrupt handling in mdio_bus_phy_resume(),
> wait for a concurrent phy_interrupt() to complete to ensure that
> interrupts which it postponed are properly rerun.
> 
> The issue was exposed by commit 1ce8b37241ed ("usbnet: smsc95xx: Forward
> PHY interrupts to PHY driver to avoid polling"), but has existed since
> forever.
> 
> Fixes: 541cd3ee00a4 ("phylib: Fix deadlock on resume")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/a5315a8a-32c2-962f-f696-de9a26d30091@samsung.com/
> Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
> Tested-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v2.6.33+

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

    Andrew