Re: [PATCH net-next] net: spacemit: Make stats_lock softirq-safe

[Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>]

On 19.09.2025 14:04, Vivian Wang wrote:
> While most of the statistics functions (emac_get_stats64() and such) are
> called with softirqs enabled, emac_stats_timer() is, as its name
> suggests, also called from a timer, i.e. called in softirq context.
>
> All of these take stats_lock. Therefore, make stats_lock softirq-safe by
> changing spin_lock() into spin_lock_bh() for the functions that get
> statistics.
>
> Also, instead of directly calling emac_stats_timer() in emac_up() and
> emac_resume(), set the timer to trigger instead, so that
> emac_stats_timer() is only called from the timer. It will keep using
> spin_lock().
>
> This fixes a lockdep warning, and potential deadlock when stats_timer is
> triggered in the middle of getting statistics.
>
> Fixes: bfec6d7f2001 ("net: spacemit: Add K1 Ethernet MAC")
> Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a52c0cf5-0444-41aa-b061-a0a1d72b02fe@samsung.com/
> Signed-off-by: Vivian Wang <wangruikang@iscas.ac.cn>
Tested-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
> ---
> Thanks a lot for catching this, Marek!
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/spacemit/k1_emac.c | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/spacemit/k1_emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/spacemit/k1_emac.c
> index 928fea02198c3754f63a7b33fc25c5dd8c2b59f9..e1c5faff3b71c7d4ceba2ea194d9c888f0e71b70 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/spacemit/k1_emac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/spacemit/k1_emac.c
> @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ struct emac_priv {
>   	bool flow_control_autoneg;
>   	u8 flow_control;
>   
> -	/* Hold while touching hardware statistics */
> +	/* Softirq-safe, hold while touching hardware statistics */
>   	spinlock_t stats_lock;
>   };
>   
> @@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ static void emac_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
>   	/* This is the only software counter */
>   	storage->tx_dropped = emac_get_stat_tx_drops(priv);
>   
> -	spin_lock(&priv->stats_lock);
> +	spin_lock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
>   
>   	emac_stats_update(priv);
>   
> @@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ static void emac_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
>   	storage->rx_missed_errors = rx_stats->stats.rx_drp_fifo_full_pkts;
>   	storage->rx_missed_errors += rx_stats->stats.rx_truncate_fifo_full_pkts;
>   
> -	spin_unlock(&priv->stats_lock);
> +	spin_unlock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
>   }
>   
>   static void emac_get_rmon_stats(struct net_device *dev,
> @@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ static void emac_get_rmon_stats(struct net_device *dev,
>   
>   	*ranges = emac_rmon_hist_ranges;
>   
> -	spin_lock(&priv->stats_lock);
> +	spin_lock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
>   
>   	emac_stats_update(priv);
>   
> @@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ static void emac_get_rmon_stats(struct net_device *dev,
>   	rmon_stats->hist[5] = rx_stats->stats.rx_1024_1518_pkts;
>   	rmon_stats->hist[6] = rx_stats->stats.rx_1519_plus_pkts;
>   
> -	spin_unlock(&priv->stats_lock);
> +	spin_unlock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
>   }
>   
>   static void emac_get_eth_mac_stats(struct net_device *dev,
> @@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ static void emac_get_eth_mac_stats(struct net_device *dev,
>   	tx_stats = &priv->tx_stats;
>   	rx_stats = &priv->rx_stats;
>   
> -	spin_lock(&priv->stats_lock);
> +	spin_lock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
>   
>   	emac_stats_update(priv);
>   
> @@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ static void emac_get_eth_mac_stats(struct net_device *dev,
>   	mac_stats->FramesAbortedDueToXSColls =
>   		tx_stats->stats.tx_excessclsn_pkts;
>   
> -	spin_unlock(&priv->stats_lock);
> +	spin_unlock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
>   }
>   
>   static void emac_get_pause_stats(struct net_device *dev,
> @@ -1338,14 +1338,14 @@ static void emac_get_pause_stats(struct net_device *dev,
>   	tx_stats = &priv->tx_stats;
>   	rx_stats = &priv->rx_stats;
>   
> -	spin_lock(&priv->stats_lock);
> +	spin_lock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
>   
>   	emac_stats_update(priv);
>   
>   	pause_stats->tx_pause_frames = tx_stats->stats.tx_pause_pkts;
>   	pause_stats->rx_pause_frames = rx_stats->stats.rx_pause_pkts;
>   
> -	spin_unlock(&priv->stats_lock);
> +	spin_unlock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
>   }
>   
>   /* Other statistics that are not derivable from standard statistics */
> @@ -1393,14 +1393,14 @@ static void emac_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
>   	u64 *rx_stats = (u64 *)&priv->rx_stats;
>   	int i;
>   
> -	spin_lock(&priv->stats_lock);
> +	spin_lock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
>   
>   	emac_stats_update(priv);
>   
>   	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(emac_ethtool_rx_stats); i++)
>   		data[i] = rx_stats[emac_ethtool_rx_stats[i].offset];
>   
> -	spin_unlock(&priv->stats_lock);
> +	spin_unlock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
>   }
>   
>   static int emac_ethtool_get_regs_len(struct net_device *dev)
> @@ -1769,7 +1769,7 @@ static int emac_up(struct emac_priv *priv)
>   
>   	netif_start_queue(ndev);
>   
> -	emac_stats_timer(&priv->stats_timer);
> +	mod_timer(&priv->stats_timer, jiffies);
>   
>   	return 0;
>   
> @@ -1807,14 +1807,14 @@ static int emac_down(struct emac_priv *priv)
>   
>   	/* Update and save current stats, see emac_stats_update() for usage */
>   
> -	spin_lock(&priv->stats_lock);
> +	spin_lock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
>   
>   	emac_stats_update(priv);
>   
>   	priv->tx_stats_off = priv->tx_stats;
>   	priv->rx_stats_off = priv->rx_stats;
>   
> -	spin_unlock(&priv->stats_lock);
> +	spin_unlock_bh(&priv->stats_lock);
>   
>   	pm_runtime_put_sync(&pdev->dev);
>   	return 0;
> @@ -2111,7 +2111,7 @@ static int emac_resume(struct device *dev)
>   
>   	netif_device_attach(ndev);
>   
> -	emac_stats_timer(&priv->stats_timer);
> +	mod_timer(&priv->stats_timer, jiffies);
>   
>   	return 0;
>   }
>
> ---
> base-commit: 315f423be0d1ebe720d8fd4fa6bed68586b13d34
> change-id: 20250919-k1-ethernet-fix-lock-c99681a9aa5d
>
> Best regards,

Best regards
-- 
Marek Szyprowski, PhD
Samsung R&D Institute Poland


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