From: Rose Wu <ya-jou.wu@mediatek.com>
To: <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>, <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
<regressions@lists.linux.dev>
Cc: saravanak@google.com, len.brown@intel.com, pavel@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
wsd_upstream <wsd_upstream@mediatek.com>,
linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org,
"士顏 邱" <artis.chiu@mediatek.com>,
"靖智 高" <Johnny-cc.Kao@mediatek.com>
Subject: [REGRESSION] PM / sleep: Unbalanced suspend/resume on late abort causes data abort
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:31:05 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <70b25dca6f8c2756d78f076f4a7dee7edaaffc33.camel@mediatek.com> (raw)
Hi Rafael and All,
I am reporting a regression introduced by the commit
443046d1ad66607f324c604b9fbdf11266fa8aad (PM: sleep: Make suspend of
devices more asynchronous), which can lead to a kernel panic (data
abort) if a late suspend aborts.
The commit modifies list handling during suspend. When a device suspend
aborts at the "late" stage, `dpm_suspended_list` is spliced into
`dpm_late_early_list`.
This creates an imbalance. Devices on this list that had not yet
executed `pm_runtime_disable()` in `device_suspend_late()` are now
incorrectly subjected to `pm_runtime_enable()` during the subsequent
`device_resume_early()` sequence.
This causes two issues:
1. Numerous error messages in dmesg: "Attempt to enable runtime PM when
it is blocked."
2. A critical failure for simple-bus devices: When
`simple_pm_bus_runtime_resume()` is called for a device whose bus is
`NULL`, the kernel attempts to access the null bus struct, triggering a
data abort.
Steps to Reproduce:
The issue can be reliably reproduced by forcing a late suspend to
abort.
1. Apply the following modification to the `device_suspend_late()`
function to simulate a wakeup event:
--- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ static int device_suspend_late(struct device
*dev, pm_message_t state, bool asyn
if (async_error)
goto Complete;
- if (pm_wakeup_pending()) {
+ if (1) { /* Force abort for testing */
async_error = -EBUSY;
goto Complete;
}
2. Trigger a system suspend.
3. The system will attempt to suspend, abort at the late stage, and
then trigger the data abort during the resume sequence.
Call Trace:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
0000000000000008
pc : [0xffffffe3988e81e4] simple_pm_bus_runtime_resume+0x1c/0x90
lr : [0xffffffe398a848d0] pm_generic_runtime_resume+0x40/0x58
As a potential fix, I am wondering if a conditional check is needed in
`device_resume_early()` before invoking `pm_runtime_enable()` for a
device?
Best Regards,
Rose
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-17 9:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-17 9:31 Rose Wu [this message]
2025-11-17 16:59 ` [REGRESSION] PM / sleep: Unbalanced suspend/resume on late abort causes data abort Rafael J. Wysocki
2025-11-17 18:57 ` [PATCH v1] PM: sleep: core: Fix runtime PM enabling in device_resume_early() Rafael J. Wysocki
2025-11-18 8:31 ` Rose Wu
2025-11-18 11:48 ` [PATCH v2] " Rafael J. Wysocki
2025-11-18 12:17 ` Ulf Hansson
2025-11-18 12:26 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2025-11-18 12:45 ` [PATCH v3] " Rafael J. Wysocki
2025-11-18 12:57 ` Ulf Hansson
2025-11-18 13:01 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2025-11-18 14:16 ` [PATCH v4] " Rafael J. Wysocki
2025-11-18 14:44 ` Ulf Hansson
2025-11-18 12:49 ` [PATCH v2] " Ulf Hansson
2025-11-18 12:52 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
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