This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net: dsa: realtek: do not assert reset on remove
to the 6.9-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:
net-dsa-realtek-do-not-assert-reset-on-remove.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 5dba3bf5592ab87e26d5a8d3a17fcd8a5b1fcfbd
Author: Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat Apr 27 02:11:29 2024 -0300
net: dsa: realtek: do not assert reset on remove
[ Upstream commit 4f580e9aced1816398c1c64f178302a22b8ea6e2 ]
The necessity of asserting the reset on removal was previously
questioned, as DSA's own cleanup methods should suffice to prevent
traffic leakage[1].
When a driver has subdrivers controlled by devres, they will be
unregistered after the main driver's .remove is executed. If it asserts
a reset, the subdrivers will be unable to communicate with the hardware
during their cleanup. For LEDs, this means that they will fail to turn
off, resulting in a timeout error.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240123215606.26716-9-luizluca@xxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Luiz Angelo Daros de Luca <luizluca@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.c b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.c
index d2e876805393b..a9c1702431efb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.c
@@ -290,16 +290,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(rtl83xx_shutdown, REALTEK_DSA);
* rtl83xx_remove() - Cleanup a realtek switch driver
* @priv: realtek_priv pointer
*
- * If a method is provided, this function asserts the hard reset of the switch
- * in order to avoid leaking traffic when the driver is gone.
+ * Placehold for common cleanup procedures.
*
- * Context: Might sleep if priv->gdev->chip->can_sleep.
+ * Context: Any
* Return: nothing
*/
void rtl83xx_remove(struct realtek_priv *priv)
{
- /* leave the device reset asserted */
- rtl83xx_reset_assert(priv);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(rtl83xx_remove, REALTEK_DSA);
