Re: [PATCH net] net: phy: Warn about incorrect mdio_bus_phy_resume() state

Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-08-17T09:18:19Z

Hi Florian,

On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 4:28 AM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/16/2022 6:20 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 6:39 PM Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 8/12/22 04:19, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> >>> On 02.08.2022 01:34, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >>>> Calling mdio_bus_phy_resume() with neither the PHY state machine set to
> >>>> PHY_HALTED nor phydev->mac_managed_pm set to true is a good indication
> >>>> that we can produce a race condition looking like this:
> >>>>
> >>>> CPU0 CPU1
> >>>> bcmgenet_resume
> >>>> -> phy_resume
> >>>> -> phy_init_hw
> >>>> -> phy_start
> >>>> -> phy_resume
> >>>> phy_start_aneg()
> >>>> mdio_bus_phy_resume
> >>>> -> phy_resume
> >>>> -> phy_write(..., BMCR_RESET)
> >>>> -> usleep() -> phy_read()
> >>>>
> >>>> with the phy_resume() function triggering a PHY behavior that might have
> >>>> to be worked around with (see bf8bfc4336f7 ("net: phy: broadcom: Fix
> >>>> brcm_fet_config_init()") for instance) that ultimately leads to an error
> >>>> reading from the PHY.
> >>>>
> >>>> Fixes: fba863b81604 ("net: phy: make PHY PM ops a no-op if MAC driver manages PHY PM")
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
> >>>
> >>> This patch, as probably intended, triggers a warning during system
> >>> suspend/resume cycle in the SMSC911x driver. I've observed it on ARM
> >>> Juno R1 board on the kernel compiled from next-202208010:
> >>>
> >>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> >>> WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 398 at drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c:323
> >>> mdio_bus_phy_resume+0x34/0xc8
> >
> > I am seeing the same on the ape6evm and kzm9g development
> > boards with smsc911x Ethernet, and on various boards with Renesas
> > Ethernet (sh_eth or ravb) if Wake-on-LAN is disabled.
> >
> >> Yes this is catching an actual issue in the driver in that the PHY state
> >> machine is still running while the system is trying to suspend. We could
> >> go about fixing it in a different number of ways, though I believe this
> >> one is probably correct enough to work and fix the warning:
> >
> >> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smsc911x.c
> >> @@ -1037,6 +1037,8 @@ static int smsc911x_mii_probe(struct net_device *dev)
> >> return ret;
> >> }
> >>
> >> + /* Indicate that the MAC is responsible for managing PHY PM */
> >> + phydev->mac_managed_pm = true;
> >> phy_attached_info(phydev);
> >>
> >> phy_set_max_speed(phydev, SPEED_100);
> >> @@ -2587,6 +2589,8 @@ static int smsc911x_suspend(struct device *dev)
> >> if (netif_running(ndev)) {
> >> netif_stop_queue(ndev);
> >> netif_device_detach(ndev);
> >> + if (!device_may_wakeup(dev))
> >> + phy_suspend(dev->phydev);
> >> }
> >>
> >> /* enable wake on LAN, energy detection and the external PME
> >> @@ -2628,6 +2632,8 @@ static int smsc911x_resume(struct device *dev)
> >> if (netif_running(ndev)) {
> >> netif_device_attach(ndev);
> >> netif_start_queue(ndev);
> >> + if (!device_may_wakeup(dev))
> >> + phy_resume(dev->phydev);
> >> }
> >>
> >> return 0;
> >
> > Thanks for your patch, but unfortunately this does not work on ape6evm
> > and kzm9g, where the smsc911x device is connected to a power-managed
> > bus. It looks like the PHY registers are accessed while the device
> > is already suspended, causing a crash during system suspend:
>
> Does it work better if you replace phy_suspend() with phy_stop() and
> phy_resume() with phy_start()?

Thank you, much better!
Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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