lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2021]   [Oct]   [11]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH net] net: dsa: microchip: Added the condition for scheduling ksz_mib_read_work
On Mon, 11 Oct 2021 09:41:55 +0000 Arun.Ramadoss@microchip.com wrote:
> On Fri, 2021-10-08 at 11:34 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > Also the cancel_delayed_work_sync() is suspiciously early in the
> > remove
> > flow. There is a schedule_work call in ksz_mac_link_down() which may
> > schedule the work back in. That'd also explain why the patch helps
> > since
> > ksz_mac_link_down() only schedules if (dev->mib_read_interval).
> In this patch, I did two things. Added the if condition for
> rescheduling the queue and other is resetted the mib_read_interval to
> zero.
> As per the cancel_delayed_queue_sync() functionality, Now I tried rmod
> after removing the if condition for resheduling the queue,kernel didn't
> crash. So, concluded that it is not rearm in ksz_mib_read_work is
> causing the problem but it is due to scheduling in the
> ksz_mac_link_down function. This function is called due to the
> dsa_unregister_switch. Due to resetting of the mib_read_interval to
> zero in switch_remove, the queue is not scheduled in mac_link_down, so
> kernel didn't crash.
>
> And also, as per suggestion on cancel_delayed_work_sync() is
> suspiciously placed in switch_remove. I undo this patch, and tried just
> by moving the canceling of delayed_work after the dsa_unregister_switch
> function. As expected dsa_unregister_switch calls the
> ksz_mac_link_down, which schedules the mib_read_work. Now, when
> cancel_delayed_work_sync is called, it cancels all the workqueue. As a
> result, module is removed successfully without kernel crash.
>
> Can I send the updated patch as v1 or new patch with updated commit
> message and description.

Please send a patch with just the second chunk (zeroing
mib_read_interval), you can mark it as v2.

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2021-10-11 15:46    [W:0.054 / U:1.136 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site