[PATCH v3 04/28] driver core: Avoid warning when removing a device while its supplier is unbinding

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM Herve Codina <herve.codina at bootlin.com> wrote:
>
> During driver removal, the following warning can appear:
>    WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 139 at drivers/base/core.c:1497 __device_links_no_driver+0xcc/0xfc
>    ...
>    Call trace:
>      __device_links_no_driver+0xcc/0xfc (P)
>      device_links_driver_cleanup+0xa8/0xf0
>      device_release_driver_internal+0x208/0x23c
>      device_links_unbind_consumers+0xe0/0x108
>      device_release_driver_internal+0xec/0x23c
>      device_links_unbind_consumers+0xe0/0x108
>      device_release_driver_internal+0xec/0x23c
>      device_links_unbind_consumers+0xe0/0x108
>      device_release_driver_internal+0xec/0x23c
>      driver_detach+0xa0/0x12c
>      bus_remove_driver+0x6c/0xbc
>      driver_unregister+0x30/0x60
>      pci_unregister_driver+0x20/0x9c
>      lan966x_pci_driver_exit+0x18/0xa90 [lan966x_pci]
>
> This warning is triggered when a consumer is removed because the links
> status of its supplier is not DL_DEV_DRIVER_BOUND and the link flag
> DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY is not set.
>
> The topology in terms of consumers/suppliers used was the following
> (consumer ---> supplier):
>
>       i2c -----------> OIC ----> PCI device
>        |                ^
>        |                |
>        +---> pinctrl ---+
>
> When the PCI device is removed, the OIC (interrupt controller) has to be
> removed. In order to remove the OIC, pinctrl and i2c need to be removed
> and to remove pinctrl, i2c need to be removed. The removal order is:
>   1) i2c
>   2) pinctrl
>   3) OIC
>   4) PCI device
>
> In details, the removal sequence is the following (with 0000:01:00.0 the
> PCI device):
>   driver_detach: call device_release_driver_internal(0000:01:00.0)...
>     device_links_busy(0000:01:00.0):
>       links->status = DL_DEV_UNBINDING
>     device_links_unbind_consumers(0000:01:00.0):
>       0000:01:00.0--oic link->status = DL_STATE_SUPPLIER_UNBIND
>       call device_release_driver_internal(oic)...
>         device_links_busy(oic):
>           links->status = DL_DEV_UNBINDING
>         device_links_unbind_consumers(oic):
>           oic--pinctrl link->status = DL_STATE_SUPPLIER_UNBIND
>           call device_release_driver_internal(pinctrl)...
>             device_links_busy(pinctrl):
>               links->status = DL_DEV_UNBINDING
>             device_links_unbind_consumers(pinctrl):
>               pinctrl--i2c link->status = DL_STATE_SUPPLIER_UNBIND
>               call device_release_driver_internal(i2c)...
>                 device_links_busy(i2c): links->status = DL_DEV_UNBINDING
>                 __device_links_no_driver(i2c)...
>                   pinctrl--i2c link->status is DL_STATE_SUPPLIER_UNBIND
>                   oic--i2c link->status is DL_STATE_ACTIVE
>                   oic--i2c link->supplier->links.status is DL_DEV_UNBINDING
>
> The warning is triggered by the i2c removal because the OIC (supplier)
> links status is not DL_DEV_DRIVER_BOUND. Its links status is indeed set
> to DL_DEV_UNBINDING.
>
> It is perfectly legit to have the links status set to DL_DEV_UNBINDING
> in that case. Indeed we had started to unbind the OIC which triggered
> the consumer unbinding and didn't finish yet when the i2c is unbound.
>
> Avoid the warning when the supplier links status is set to
> DL_DEV_UNBINDING and thus support this removal sequence without any
> warnings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Herve Codina <herve.codina at bootlin.com>

The change is OK, so

Reviewed-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael at kernel.org>

but it will clash with

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pm/2793309.mvXUDI8C0e@rjwysocki.net/

that's been queued up by Greg AFAICS.

> ---
>  drivers/base/core.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
> index 8fead097c404..ce367c44f642 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -1494,7 +1494,8 @@ static void __device_links_no_driver(struct device *dev)
>                 if (link->supplier->links.status == DL_DEV_DRIVER_BOUND) {
>                         WRITE_ONCE(link->status, DL_STATE_AVAILABLE);
>                 } else {
> -                       WARN_ON(!(link->flags & DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY));
> +                       WARN_ON(link->supplier->links.status != DL_DEV_UNBINDING &&
> +                               !(link->flags & DL_FLAG_SYNC_STATE_ONLY));
>                         WRITE_ONCE(link->status, DL_STATE_DORMANT);
>                 }
>         }
> --
> 2.49.0
>