Re: [PATCH 3/3] drivers/net/ftgmac100: fix DHCP potential failure with systemd

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Wed Feb 23 2022 - 05:48:44 EST


> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c
> index c1deb6e5d26c5..d5356db7539a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c
> @@ -1402,8 +1402,17 @@ static void ftgmac100_adjust_link(struct net_device *netdev)
> /* Disable all interrupts */
> iowrite32(0, priv->base + FTGMAC100_OFFSET_IER);
>
> - /* Reset the adapter asynchronously */
> - schedule_work(&priv->reset_task);
> + /* Release phy lock to allow ftgmac100_reset to aquire it, keeping lock
> + * order consistent to prevent dead lock.
> + */
> + if (netdev->phydev)
> + mutex_unlock(&netdev->phydev->lock);

No need to do this test. The fact that adjust_link is being called
indicates there must be a PHY.

Andrew