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[RFC,net-next,4/7] net: phy: move phy_suspend() to end of phy_state_machine()

Message ID E1qeZXo-007G4V-LF@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series net: phy: avoid race when erroring stopping PHY | expand

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Commit Message

Russell King (Oracle) Sept. 8, 2023, 11:21 a.m. UTC 
Move the call to phy_suspend() to the end of phy_state_machine() after
we release the lock so that we can combine the locked areas.
phy_suspend() can not be called while holding phydev->lock as it has
caused deadlocks in the past.

Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 5bb33af2a4cb..756326f38b14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -1494,15 +1494,11 @@  void phy_state_machine(struct work_struct *work)
 		func = &_phy_start_aneg;
 	}
 
-	mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
-
-	if (do_suspend)
-		phy_suspend(phydev);
-
-	if (err == -ENODEV)
+	if (err == -ENODEV) {
+		mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
 		return;
+	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&phydev->lock);
 	if (err < 0)
 		phy_error_precise(phydev, func, err);
 
@@ -1519,6 +1515,9 @@  void phy_state_machine(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (phy_polling_mode(phydev) && phy_is_started(phydev))
 		phy_queue_state_machine(phydev, PHY_STATE_TIME);
 	mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
+
+	if (do_suspend)
+		phy_suspend(phydev);
 }
 
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