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Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 1/3] e1000e: Remove redundant runtime
 resume for ethtool_ops
To: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>,
 Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>,
 Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>,
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Cc: Sasha Neftin <sasha.neftin@intel.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
 "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
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 <20240325222951.1460656-2-helgaas@kernel.org>
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On 3/26/2024 00:29, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
> 
> e60b22c5b7e5 ("e1000e: fix accessing to suspended device") added
> ethtool_ops.begin() and .complete(), which used pm_runtime_get_sync() to
> resume suspended devices before any ethtool_ops callback and allow suspend
> after it completed.
> 
> 3ef672ab1862 ("e1000e: ethtool unnecessarily takes device out of RPM
> suspend") removed ethtool_ops.begin() and .complete() and instead did
> pm_runtime_get_sync() only in the individual ethtool_ops callbacks that
> access device registers.
> 
> Subsequently, f32a21376573 ("ethtool: runtime-resume netdev parent before
> ethtool ioctl ops") added pm_runtime_get_sync() in the dev_ethtool() path,
> so the device is resumed before *any* ethtool_ops callback, as it was
> before 3ef672ab1862.
> 
> Remove most runtime resumes from ethtool_ops, which are now redundant
> because the resume has already been done by dev_ethtool().  This is
> essentially a revert of 3ef672ab1862 ("e1000e: ethtool unnecessarily takes
> device out of RPM suspend").
> 
> There are a couple subtleties:
> 
>    - Prior to 3ef672ab1862, the device was resumed only for the duration of
>      a single ethtool callback.  3ef672ab1862 changed e1000_set_phys_id() so
>      the device was resumed for ETHTOOL_ID_ACTIVE and remained resumed until
>      a subsequent callback for ETHTOOL_ID_INACTIVE.  Preserve that part of
>      3ef672ab1862 so the device will not be runtime suspended while in the
>      ETHTOOL_ID_ACTIVE state.
> 
>    - 3ef672ab1862 added "if (!pm_runtime_suspended())" in before reading the
>      STATUS register in e1000_get_settings().  This was racy and is now
>      unnecessary because dev_ethtool() has resumed the device already, so
>      revert that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c | 62 ++-------------------
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Naama Meir <naamax.meir@linux.intel.com>