Re: [net-next,PATCH] net: stmmac: stm32: Do not suspend downed interface

[Marek Vasut <marex@nabladev.com>]

On 1/30/26 4:52 PM, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 12:27:05AM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> On 1/14/26 6:12 PM, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
>>> I think I'm going to start over, trying to figure out what happened.
>>>
>>> c7308b2f3d0d net: stmmac: stm32: convert to suspend()/resume() methods
>>>
>>> Did the conversion, and it always called stm32_dwmac_clk_disable() and
>>> where it exists, dwmac->ops->suspend() on suspend, provided
>>> stmmac_suspend() returns zero (which it will do, even if the interface
>>> is down. On resume, it always calls dwmac->ops->resume() and
>>> stm32_dwmac_init() before calling stmmac_resume().
>>>
>>> The conversion added hooks into ny new ->suspend() and ->resume()
>>> methods to handle the stm32_dwmac_clk_disable(), dwmac->ops->suspend(),
>>> dwmac->ops->resume() and stm32_dwmac_init() steps.
>>>
>>> However, in 07bbbfe7addf I failed to realise that, in order to keep
>>> things compatible with how stuff works, we need to call
>>> priv->plat->suspend() even if the interface is down. This is where
>>> the bug is, not in your glue driver.
>>>
>>> Please try this:
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
>>> index a8a78fe7d01f..2acbb0107cd3 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
>>> @@ -8066,7 +8066,7 @@ int stmmac_suspend(struct device *dev)
>>>    	u32 chan;
>>>    	if (!ndev || !netif_running(ndev))
>>> -		return 0;
>>> +		goto suspend_bsp;
>>>    	mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
>>> @@ -8106,6 +8106,7 @@ int stmmac_suspend(struct device *dev)
>>>    	if (stmmac_fpe_supported(priv))
>>>    		ethtool_mmsv_stop(&priv->fpe_cfg.mmsv);
>>> +suspend_bsp:
>>>    	if (priv->plat->suspend)
>>>    		return priv->plat->suspend(dev, priv->plat->bsp_priv);
>> This works too, thank you.
>>
>> Will you send this fix ?
> 
> Sorry, I appear to have dropped this patch on the floor, and just
> tripped over it. I'm just build testing it and will send it later
> today.
> 
> This problem affects every user of the platform ->suspend/resume()
> stuff, so is not just a stm32 issue.
ACK, thank you.