From: Sven Van Asbroeck thesven73@gmail.com
[ Upstream commit 796a2665ca3e91ebaba7222f76fd9a035714e2d8 ]
On arm imx6, when opening the chip's netdev, the whole Linux kernel intermittently hangs/freezes.
This is caused by a bug in the driver code which tests if pcie interrupts are working correctly, using the software interrupt:
1. open: enable the software interrupt 2. open: tell the chip to assert the software interrupt 3. open: wait for flag 4. ISR: acknowledge s/w interrupt, set flag 5. open: notice flag, disable the s/w interrupt, continue
Unfortunately the ISR only acknowledges the s/w interrupt, but does not disable it. This will re-trigger the ISR in a tight loop.
On some (lucky) platforms, open proceeds to disable the s/w interrupt even while the ISR is 'spinning'. On arm imx6, the spinning ISR does not allow open to proceed, resulting in a hung Linux kernel.
Fix minimally by disabling the s/w interrupt in the ISR, which will prevent it from spinning. This won't break anything because the s/w interrupt is used as a one-shot interrupt.
Note that this is a minimal fix, overlooking many possible cleanups, e.g.: - lan743x_intr_software_isr() is completely redundant and reads INT_STS twice for no apparent reason - disabling the s/w interrupt in lan743x_intr_test_isr() is now redundant, but harmless - waiting on software_isr_flag can be converted from a sleeping poll loop to wait_event_timeout()
Fixes: 23f0703c125b ("lan743x: Add main source files for new lan743x driver") Tested-by: Sven Van Asbroeck thesven73@gmail.com # arm imx6 lan7430 Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck thesven73@gmail.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201112204741.12375-1-TheSven73@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan743x_main.c @@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ static void lan743x_intr_software_isr(vo
int_sts = lan743x_csr_read(adapter, INT_STS); if (int_sts & INT_BIT_SW_GP_) { - lan743x_csr_write(adapter, INT_STS, INT_BIT_SW_GP_); + /* disable the interrupt to prevent repeated re-triggering */ + lan743x_csr_write(adapter, INT_EN_CLR, INT_BIT_SW_GP_); intr->software_isr_flag = 1; } }