netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: phy: always call phy_process_state

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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:07:01 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, chenhao418@...wei.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Jijie Shao <shaojijie@...wei.com>,
	lanhao@...wei.com, liuyonglong@...wei.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, shenjian15@...wei.com,
	wangjie125@...wei.com, wangpeiyang1@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: phy: always call
 phy_process_state_change() under lock

On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 02:55:32PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > This probably need to be fixed somewhere in drivers/net/usb/asix* but at 
> > the first glance I don't see any obvious place that need a fix.
> 
> static int __asix_mdio_read(struct net_device *netdev, int phy_id, int loc,
>                             bool in_pm)
> {
>         struct usbnet *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
>         __le16 res;
>         int ret;
> 
>         mutex_lock(&dev->phy_mutex);
> 
> Taking this lock here is the problem. Same for write.
> 
> There is some funky stuff going on in asix_devices.c. It using both
> phylib and the much older mii code.

I don't think that's the problem...

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