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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] driver core: Update device link status correctly for SYNC_STATE_ONLY links
Am 2020-05-26 23:45, schrieb Saravana Kannan:
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 2:13 PM Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc> wrote:
>>
>> Am 2020-05-26 21:43, schrieb Saravana Kannan:
>> > When SYNC_STATE_ONLY support was added in commit 05ef983e0d65 ("driver
>> > core: Add device link support for SYNC_STATE_ONLY flag"),
>> > SYNC_STATE_ONLY links were treated similar to STATELESS links in terms
>> > of not blocking consumer probe if the supplier hasn't probed yet.
>> >
>> > That caused a SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link's status to not get updated.
>> > Since SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link is no longer useful once the
>> > consumer probes, commit 21c27f06587d ("driver core: Fix
>> > SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link implementation") addresses the status
>> > update issue by deleting the SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link instead of
>> > complicating the status update code.
>> >
>> > However, there are still some cases where we need to update the status
>> > of a SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link. This is because a SYNC_STATE_ONLY
>> > device link can later get converted into a normal MANAGED device link
>> > when a normal MANAGED device link is created between a supplier and
>> > consumer that already have a SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link between them.
>> >
>> > If a SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link's status isn't maintained correctly
>> > till it's converted to a normal MANAGED device link, then the normal
>> > MANAGED device link will end up with a wrong link status. This can
>> > cause
>> > a warning stack trace[1] when the consumer device probes successfully.
>> >
>> > This commit fixes the SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link status update issue
>> > where it wouldn't transition correctly from DL_STATE_DORMANT or
>> > DL_STATE_AVAILABLE to DL_STATE_CONSUMER_PROBE. It also resets the
>> > status
>> > back to DL_STATE_DORMANT or DL_STATE_AVAILABLE if the consumer probe
>> > fails.
>> >
>> > [1] - https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200522204120.3b3c9ed6@apollo/
>> > Fixes: 05ef983e0d65 ("driver core: Add device link support for
>> > SYNC_STATE_ONLY flag")
>> > Fixes: 21c27f06587d ("driver core: Fix SYNC_STATE_ONLY device link
>> > implementation")
>> > Reported-by: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>
>> > Signed-off-by: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@google.com>
>> > ---
>> >
>> > v1->v2:
>> > - Added code to "revert" the link status if consumer probe fails
>> >
>> > Greg,
>> >
>> > I think this is the issue Michael ran into. I'd like him to test the
>> > fix
>> > before it's pulled in.
>> >
>> > Michael,
>> >
>> > If you can test this on the branch you saw the issue in and give a
>> > Tested-by if it works, that'd be great.
>>
>> with v2 I'm triggering the
>> WARN_ON(!(link->status & DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY));
>> in __device_links_no_driver().
>
> Thanks for the logs! The WARNING is due to a dump typo in this line. I
> should be checking link->flags, not link->status here. I'll send out a
> v3, but you can test with this change too.

Ahh, right. With that fix you can add:

Tested-by: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>

Thanks,
-michael

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