This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled r8169: fix deadlock on RTL8125 in jumbo mtu mode to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: r8169-fix-deadlock-on-rtl8125-in-jumbo-mtu-mode.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit ed7cb964af5d7f9eb9e14ce8d75624756f51e2d5 Author: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun Nov 26 19:36:46 2023 +0100 r8169: fix deadlock on RTL8125 in jumbo mtu mode [ Upstream commit 59d395ed606d8df14615712b0cdcdadb2d962175 ] The original change results in a deadlock if jumbo mtu mode is used. Reason is that the phydev lock is held when rtl_reset_work() is called here, and rtl_jumbo_config() calls phy_start_aneg() which also tries to acquire the phydev lock. Fix this by calling rtl_reset_work() asynchronously. Fixes: 621735f59064 ("r8169: fix rare issue with broken rx after link-down on RTL8125") Reported-by: Ian Chen <free122448@xxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Ian Chen <free122448@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/caf6a487-ef8c-4570-88f9-f47a659faf33@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c index 7cb09ba14533c..abfa375b08878 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c @@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ struct rtl8169_tc_offsets { enum rtl_flag { RTL_FLAG_TASK_ENABLED = 0, RTL_FLAG_TASK_RESET_PENDING, + RTL_FLAG_TASK_RESET_NO_QUEUE_WAKE, RTL_FLAG_TASK_TX_TIMEOUT, RTL_FLAG_MAX }; @@ -4559,6 +4560,8 @@ static void rtl_task(struct work_struct *work) reset: rtl_reset_work(tp); netif_wake_queue(tp->dev); + } else if (test_and_clear_bit(RTL_FLAG_TASK_RESET_NO_QUEUE_WAKE, tp->wk.flags)) { + rtl_reset_work(tp); } out_unlock: rtnl_unlock(); @@ -4592,7 +4595,7 @@ static void r8169_phylink_handler(struct net_device *ndev) } else { /* In few cases rx is broken after link-down otherwise */ if (rtl_is_8125(tp)) - rtl_reset_work(tp); + rtl_schedule_task(tp, RTL_FLAG_TASK_RESET_NO_QUEUE_WAKE); pm_runtime_idle(d); }