Re: Commit 'r8152: fix a WOL issue' makes Ethernet port on Lenovo Thunderbolt 3 dock go crazy

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 24.08.22 13:16, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Hi, this is your Linux kernel regression tracker.
> 
> Quick note before the boilerplate: there is another report about issues
> caused by cdf0b86b250fd3 also involving a dock, but apparently it's
> ignored so far:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216333

TWIMC, apparently it's the same problem.

Fun fact: Hayes discussed this in privately with the bug reporter
according to this comment:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216333#c3

Well, that's not how things normally should be handled, but whatever, he
in the end recently submitted a patch to fix it that is already merged
to net.git:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220818080620.14538-394-nic_swsd@xxxxxxxxxxx/

Ciao, Thorsten

P.S.:

#regzbot link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216333	
#regzbot fixed-by: b75d612014447


> Anyway, moving on:
> 
> [TLDR: I'm adding this regression report to the list of tracked
> regressions; all text from me you find below is based on a few templates
> paragraphs you might have encountered already already in similar form.]
> 
> CCing the regression mailing list, as it should be in the loop for all
> regressions, as explained here:
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/reporting-issues.html
> 
> On 23.08.22 11:20, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
>>
>> I recently bisected an issue on my Lenovo P1 gen3, which is connected to the Lenovo Thunderbolt 3 dock.
>>
>> After I suspend the laptop to ram, the ethernet port led on the dock starts to blink like crazy,
>> its peer port on my ethernet switch blinks as well, and eventually the switch stops forwarding packets,
>> bringing all my network down.
>>
>> Likely the ethernet card in the dock sends some kind of a garbage over the wire.
>>
>> Resuming the laptop, "fixes" the issue (leds stops blinking, and the network starts working again
>> after a minute or so).
>>
>> I also tried to connect the dock directly to my main desktop over a dedicated usb network card
>> and try to capture the packets that are sent, but no packets were captured. I will soon retry
>> this test with another network card. I did use promicious mode.
>>
>>
>> This is the offending commit, and reverting it helps:
>>
>> commit cdf0b86b250fd3c1c3e120c86583ea510c52e4ce
>> Author: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date:   Mon Jul 18 16:21:20 2022 +0800
>>
>>     r8152: fix a WOL issue
>>     
>>     This fixes that the platform is waked by an unexpected packet. The
>>     size and range of FIFO is different when the device enters S3 state,
>>     so it is necessary to correct some settings when suspending.
>>     
>>     Regardless of jumbo frame, set RMS to 1522 and MTPS to MTPS_DEFAULT.
>>     Besides, enable MCU_BORW_EN to update the method of calculating the
>>     pointer of data. Then, the hardware could get the correct data.
>>     
>>     Fixes: 195aae321c82 ("r8152: support new chips")
>>     Signed-off-by: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>     Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220718082120.10957-391-nic_swsd@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>     Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>> WOL from dock was enabled in BIOS, but I tested with it disabled as well, and
>> no change in behavier.
>>
>> Any help is welcome. I can test patches if needed, the laptop currently runs 6.0-rc2
>> with this commit reverted.
>>
>> When I find some time I can also narrow the change down by reverting only parts
>> of the patch.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> 	Maxim Levitsky
>>
> 
> 
> Thanks for the report. To be sure below issue doesn't fall through the
> cracks unnoticed, I'm adding it to regzbot, my Linux kernel regression
> tracking bot:
> 
> #regzbot ^introduced cdf0b86b250fd3c1c3e120c86583ea510c52e4ce
> #regzbot title net: r8152: ehernet port on Lenovo Thunderbolt 3 dock
> goes crazy
> #regzbot ignore-activity
> 
> This isn't a regression? This issue or a fix for it are already
> discussed somewhere else? It was fixed already? You want to clarify when
> the regression started to happen? Or point out I got the title or
> something else totally wrong? Then just reply -- ideally with also
> telling regzbot about it, as explained here:
> https://linux-regtracking.leemhuis.info/tracked-regression/
> 
> Reminder for developers: When fixing the issue, add 'Link:' tags
> pointing to the report (the mail this one replies to), as explained for
> in the Linux kernel's documentation; above webpage explains why this is
> important for tracked regressions.
> 
> Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)
> 
> P.S.: As the Linux kernel's regression tracker I deal with a lot of
> reports and sometimes miss something important when writing mails like
> this. If that's the case here, don't hesitate to tell me in a public
> reply, it's in everyone's interest to set the public record straight.