From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net] r8152: prevent the driver from transmitting packets with carrier off Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 12:31:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20170324.123135.1629675630856286721.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1394712342-15778-259-Taiwan-albertk@realtek.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, nic_swsd@realtek.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org To: hayeswang@realtek.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:43418 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S967155AbdCXTbg (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Mar 2017 15:31:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1394712342-15778-259-Taiwan-albertk@realtek.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Hayes Wang Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 19:14:19 +0800 > The linking status may be changed when autosuspend. And, after > autoresume, the driver may try to transmit packets when the device > is carrier off, because the interrupt transfer doesn't update the > linking status, yet. And, if the device is in ALDPS mode, the device > would stop working. > > The another similar case is > 1. unplug the cable. > 2. interrupt transfer queue a work_queue for linking change. > 3. device enters the ALDPS mode. > 4. a tx occurs before the work_queue is called. > > Signed-off-by: Hayes Wang Applied.